A view from Townley Street looking into the mill yard at Bollin Mills
- Date:
- Sep 1966
- Location:
- Bollin Mills, George Street, Macclesfield, Cheshire East
- Reference:
- BB66/04275
- Type:
- Photograph (Negative)
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Josiah Smale had this mill built for his silk manufacturing business in the late 19th century. By this time most silk workers no longer worked in domestic loomshops, although some continued weaving at home until the 1930s). The mill shown here was demolished to make way for Royal Court.
This is part of the Collection: NMR07 NMR Accessioned Negatives - Catalogued
© Crown Copyright. Historic England Archive
Victorian Silk Mill
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