Malcolm Bull's Calderdale Companion : Mills & Mines : K

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Kebroyd Lower Mill

One of the Kebroyd Mills at Triangle. This was originally a corn mill. It was converted for cotton-spinning in 1790.

In 1803, it was a 5-storey mill measuring 60 ft by 36 ft.

Owners and tenants of the mill have included

Samuel Bailey [1793]
John Denton [1800]
John Wright [1806]
Hadwen & Wilson [1811]
Denton & Holroyd [1822]
Thomas Hadwen [1823]

Kebroyd Middle Mill

One of the Kebroyd Mills at Triangle. This was built for Thomas and John Hadwen shortly before 1803. It was a 5-storey mill measuring 75 ft by 31 ft. A warehouse was added in 1804.

Owners and tenants of the mill have included

Thomas and John Hadwen [1803]
John Hadwen & Son [1850s]
John Wilson Hadwen & Joshua Lovel Hadwen (cotton spinners) [1855]

It was later used for silk-spinning

Kebroyd Mills, Triangle

There were 2 fulling mills and a corn mill here. The mills were fed by Lumb Clough.

Several mills were recorded on the site: Kebroyd Upper Mill, Kebroyd Middle Mill, Kebroyd Lower Mill, and Dene Mill.

See Ann Crabtree's School and Samuel Hill

Kebroyd Upper Mill

One of the Kebroyd Mills at Triangle. The original fulling mill was used for cotton spinning from the late 18th century.

Owners and tenants of the mill have included

John Denton
George Wainwright [1800]
Robert & William Graham [1803]
James Graham of Aldermanbury, London [1803]
Thomas Hadwen [1805]
Hadwen & Wilson [1811]
John Hadwen & Son [18??]
Alice Denton [1828]

Keighley Mill, Halifax

Pellon Lane. On 29th January 1915, there was a serious fire when the mills were owned by Smith Bulmer & Company

Kensington Works, Siddal

Siddal Lane.

Aka Kensington Wool Preparing Works [21st April 1871.]

Owners and tenants of the works have included

David Smith & Company Limited [1871, 1874, 1905]

Recorded as disused in 1907

Kershaw Mill, Heptonstall

Built by James Kershaw around 1834. It was destroyed by fire in 1843

Kershaw Mills, Halifax

Owners and tenants of the mills have included

Leyland & Highley [1845]

Key Syke Iron Works, Todmorden

Owners and tenants of the works have included

William Mitchell [1905]

Kidnapper Coal Mine, Todmorden

Kiln End Mills, Elland

Millgate. Aka Old Kiln End Mills. This was originally the malt-kiln. Around 1794, it was converted to the first steam-powered mill in Elland.

In the early 19th century, this, Grove Mills and Marshall Hall Mills were the only woollen mills in Elland.

Owners and tenants of the mills have included

Sarah Kaye & Company [1845]
William Smith and his father [around 1850]
Joseph Brearley [1905]
Joseph Brearley & Sons [1914]
Carter Brothers [1905]
Dyson, Lumb & Company [1905]
Benjamin Riley [1905]
William H. Riley [1905]
Fred Riley
Thomas Sutcliffe [1905]
Robinson & Whiteley [1915]

King Cross Mills, Halifax

Owners and tenants of the mills have included

Miles Sykes & Son [1905]

King's Mills, Elland

They were flooded when the Calder rose on 18th October 1827

Kings Mill, Soyland

A later name for Upper Swift Place Mill, Soyland

Kingston Biscuit Factory, Halifax

Hopwood Lane, Occupied by Whittaker's Biscuits.

It became Kingston Toffee Mills, Halifax.

See Ebenezer Biscuit Works, Halifax

Kingston Brass Works, Halifax

Hopwood Lane.

Owners and tenants of the works have included

James Edward Baume [1937]

Kingston Confectionery Works, Halifax

Between Queens Road and Hammond Street, at the junction with Mackintosh Street.

Built by Mackintosh's in 1899.

It was damaged by fire in 1909. Using the insurance money, production moved to Albion Mills.

The Queens Road site closed in 1986.

In 1999, it was converted into a business complex

Kingston Lathe Works, Halifax

Hopwood Lane.

Owners and tenants of the works have included

Smith & Wilshaw [1905]

Kingston Toffee Mills, Halifax

Hopwood Lane. It was Kingston Biscuit Factory before becoming the confectionery-making factory of Riley's Toffees. The mill was famous for its 120 ft high chimney with the company's name picked out in glazed white bricks, each letter being almost 7 ft tall.

The mill was damaged by fire on 2nd January 1918

Kingwood Mills, Sowerby Bridge