Monument record 2898/2 - Carr Mill

<1> Calladine A & Fricker J, 1993, East Cheshire Textile Mills, p.164 (Book). SCH1093.

Listed as a textile mill in the gazetteer of the East Cheshire Textile Mill survey.

<2> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 331/2, 1841 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

The mill is depicted on this map and it is described as a factory.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ8481, 1874 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

This map depicts Carr Mill, labelled as a silk mill, on the northern side of the River Bollin. A sluice is depicted at this location across the river. A smaller building is located to the immediate east.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1896-1898, Ordnance Survey First Revision County Series (Epoch 2) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ8481, 1898 (Maps and Plans). SCH3848.

This map depicts Carr Mill, labelled as a silk mill, on the northern side of the River Bollin. A sluice is depicted at this location across the river. Smaller buildings are located to the immediate north and east.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1909-1912, Ordnance Survey Second Revision County Series (Epoch 3) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ8481, 1909 (Maps and Plans). SCH4361.

This map depicts labels the mill as a laundry.

<6> University of Manchester Archaeological Unit, 2000, Mersey Bollin Catchment: Rapid Archaeological Survey: Stage One Report: Part 1, no.162 (Client Report). SCH4389.

Carr Mill. Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map (see 7) as a rectangular building with a sluice on the river at this point.

<7> Ordnance Survey, 1881-2, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 6 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ88SW, 1910-1911 (Maps and Plans). SCH2474.

<8> The GeoInformation Group, 2005, 1940s RAF Aerial Photographs from Operation Review (Aerial Photograph). SCH4608.

This photograph isn’t very clear, but it would appear that the mill and its associated features have been demolished.

<9> Cheshire Archives & Local Studies, Chester History & Heritage and Cheshire Libraries, Various, Cheshire Image Bank, c09366 & c01481 (Web Site). SCH8053.

The mill appears to have been built for cotton spinning in the 1780s, becoming a silk mill between the late 1820s and the 1870s, run by Charles Barber. By the mid-1890s, the mill was used for fustian cutting, before being converted into a laundry in 1903 for the Wilmslow Laundry Co. Ltd. In the early 1920s the premises was used as a gelatine works and suffered a disastrous fire on October 4th 1923, which destroyed the building. Photograph.

<10> Bryant, A., 1831, Map of the County Palatine of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH2114.

Depicted and labelled Barbers Silk Mill.