DEANROYD GATE END MILL

Deanroyd Lane

Smales

Walsden

Map ref. SD 938210

Known occupiers

1861-1866

DAWSON John & LAW J.

MARLAND & Co.

1867-1878

PILLING Andrew & Sons, cotton

1879

STANSFIELD John

1880-1881

Empty

1884

SADLER J. J.

1889-1894

ROBINSON George & Co. wire works

1893

PEILE Henry, chemical manufacturing

1897

FOXCROFT Robert, tin plate works

1897

DEWHURST Isaac, soap manufacturer

1967

No building on site on OS 6” map

advert from 1898

John Travis notes (contemporary historian)

About 1860, J. Law and John Dawson of Walsden built a small mill in Deanroyd Lane, on the opposite side to Deanroyd Mill. The Marland Brothers made the engine and shafting. They worked until the American Civil War, after which their assigns sold the mill to Andrew Pilling & Sons.

See also DEANROYD MILL

See STRINES MILL for more details of the Marland family

Additional information

researched, recorded and referenced by Mrs Sheila Wade

Hebden Bridge WEA

 Local History Group

Walsden Highway Rates 1861

Occupiers Marland & Co. Owners Dawson and Law, mill, engine house, boiler house, 3.5hp, Gate End, RV £43.14.11d. (estimated gross rental)

Walsden Highway Rates 1865

Owners and occupiers Dawson and Law, mill, engine house, boiler house, 3.5hp, Gate End, RV £37.19s.5d.

Walsden Rates Book 1867-76

Owners and occupiers A. Pilling & Sons, cotton mill and power, Deanroyd Gate End, RV £48.

Walsden Rates Book 1879

Occupier John Stansfield, owner J. H. Pilling, mill and power, Deanroyd Gate End, RV £48.

Walsden Rates Book 1880-81

Empty, owner J. H. Pilling, mill and power, Deanroyd Gate End, RV £48.10s.0d.

Todmorden Advertiser 1st Feb 1884

Work people's treat at Bird in Hand, for chemical works at Smales near Steanorbottom, new proprietor Mr. J. J. Sadler.

Walsden Rates Book 1889-94

Owner and occupier George Robinson & Co. wire works, Deanroyd Gate End, RV £41.10s.0d. (1890 RV £19.15s.0d. 1894 RV £18.10s.0d.)

Walsden Rates Book 1893

Occupier Henry Peile, owners George Robinson & Co. chemical manufacturing plus power, Deanroyd Gate End, RV £11.

Walsden Rates Book 1897

Occupier Isaac Dewhirst, owners Crossley and Dewhirst, soap works and power, Deanroyd Gate End, RV £13.5s.0d.

Occupier Robert Foxcroft, owners Crossley and Dewhirst, tin plate works and power, Deanroyd Gate End, RV £20.