COWBRIDGE MILL
Jumble Hole Clough
Hebden Bridge
Map Ref. SD965264
Cowbridge Mill early 1900's
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Known occupiers
1795-1822
HORSFALL John
1833-35
BOOTH James
1841-1854
JACKSON & DUGDALE
1860-1871
JACKSON William
1871-1881
ROBERTSHAW Abraham
1883-1886
Empty
1887-1888
UTTLEY Mitchell
1890-1893
Empty
1901
Cowbridge Cotton Company
PICKLES Freeman
1907
Cotton mill on 25” OS map
2007
In ruins
Cowbridge Mill and cottages
Additional information
researched, recorded and referenced by Mrs Sheila Wade
Hebden Bridge WEA Local History Group
Stansfield Land Tax Assessments 1795-98
Owned and occupied by John Horsfall, tax 2s.
Stansfield Land Tax Assessments 1799-1814
Owned and occupied by John Horsfall, tax 1s.10½
Valuation of Stansfield 1805
Number on plan 607
Upper Underbank; Cowbridge Factory; includes a cottage and waterfall; 14 perches; owned and occupied by John Horsfall; annual value £20.
Stansfield Township map 1816
Mill shown on the site of Cowbridge but not named. It is on land owned by John Horsfall of Underbank.
Baines 1822
John Horsfall, worsted spinners
Halifax Guardian 2nd October 1833
James Booth, late in business as a worsted spinner at Cowbridge Mill near Todmorden. Petitioner in the Court for Relief of Insolvent Debtors.
Halifax Guardian 15th February 1834
John Horsfall the younger, late of Underbank, cotton manufacturer. Petitioner in the Court for Relief of Insolvent Debtors.
Factory Inspectors Returns for 1835
Cowbridge Mill; James Booth; worsted spinner
Census 1841
William Jackson, Cowbridge, aged 35, mechanic
James Dugdale, Cowbridge, aged 25, smith
James Dugdale, Cowbridge, aged 20, mechanic
Thomas Jackson, Higher Eastlee, aged 30, mechanic
White 1842-53
Jackson & Dugdale, cotton manufacturers and machine makers
Walker 1845
Jackson & Dugdale, cotton manufacturers and machine makers
Census 1851
William Jackson, Cowbridge, aged 47, manufacturer of cotton employing 12 men and 18 females.
Stansfield Rates Book 1854
Cowbridge Mill; occupied by Jackson & Dugdale; owner J. Horsfall; mill and power; rateable value £47.16s.0d.
Stansfield Rates Book 1860
Cowbridge Mill; occupied by William Jackson; owner J. Horsfall; mill and power; rateable value £47.16s.0d.
White 1866
William Jackson, Cowbridge Mill, cotton spinner & manufacturer
Stansfield Rates Book 1867-70
Cowbridge Mill; occupied by William Jackson; part empty; owner William Horsfall; mill and power; rateable value £105.1s.0d.
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Halifax Guardian 11th February 1871
Auction today at Cowbridge Mill near Hebden Bridge, by order of the Sheriff of Yorkshire at the above mill in the occupation of Mr. William Jackson: 30 looms by Hudson Bros of Burnley, beaming frame by Law of Todmorden, warps in looms, cotton weft 30’s and 36’s etc.
Stansfield Rates Book 1871
Cowbridge Mill; occupied by William Jackson, bankrupt, no assets; owner William Horsfall, mill and power; rateable value £105.1s.0d.
Census 1871
William Jackson, Cowbridge, aged 67, late cotton manufacturer.
Abraham Robertshaw, Hope Street, aged 47, waste dealer, wholesale clothier, employing 11 men and 34 women.
Kelly 1871
Abraham Robertshaw & Sons, cotton breakers.
Stansfield Rates Book 1873-1881
Occupier Abraham Robertshaw; owner William Horsfall; mill and power; Cowbridge; rateable value £105.1s.0d.
1880 – rateable value £140.10s.0d.
1881 – rateable value £114.5s.0d.
Slater 1875
Abraham Robertshaw & Sons, waste
Kelly 1877
John & Abraham Robertshaw, cotton spinners & manufacturers.
Halifax Guardian 23rd September 1876
Two fires at Bridge Mill, Hebden Bridge, occupied by Messrs Robertshaw & Sons.
Halifax Guardian 22nd June 1878
Fire at waste works of A. Robertshaw, Bridge Mill, Hebden Bridge. Little damage.
Todmorden and Hebden Bridge Advertiser 15th August 1879
Cowbridge Mill running full time.
Halifax Courier 4th March 1882
Partnership dissolved, Abraham Robertshaw & Sons of Stansfield and Hebden Bridge, cotton waste spinners, as regards Abraham Robertshaw.
Stansfield Rates Book 1883
Permanently unoccupied; owner John Wild; mill and power.
Halifax Courier 2nd November 1884
To let or sell with immediate possession, Cowbridge Mill with buildings attached and adjoining cottages, together with engine and boiler nearly new. Mill freehold and modern. Apply W. Horsfall esq. Underbank, or Abraham Robertshaw & Sons, Westfield Mills, Myth.
Stansfield Rates Book 1887
Occupied by Mitchell Uttley; owner John Wild; mill, water and steam power; Cowbridge; rateable value £118.15s.0d.
Stansfield Rates Book 1888
Occupied by Mitchell Bros; owner John Wild; mill, water and steam power; Cowbridge; rateable value £103.
Stansfield Rates book 1890-93
Empty; owner John Wild; mill, water and steam power; Cowbridge; rateable value £103.
Census 1901
Freeman Pickles, Cowbridge, aged 37, cotton manufacturer, employer
1907
Cotton mill on 25” O.S. map |
