Charfield Mills
Introduction
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Charfield Mills
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 27 Oct 2013
There were three mills in this complex but the third is out of sight and has been reduced from 5 to two floors in conversion to housing. The furthest is a water powered mill of c1812 and later adapted for water and steam power. The nearer block is an 1825 steam mill with integral engine house and lean to boiler house. The nearer low buildings conceal an attached north light shed on an earlier tenterfield. The front of a Lancashire boiler has been preserved and can be seen from the road. The further mill has been converted to housing and the nearer is used by engineering companies.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.634847
Longitude
-2.402353