Barkisland Mills
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Barkisland Mills
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 4 Apr 2009
Giles and Goodall's Yorkshire Textile Mills lists this as Barkisland Mills while the map labels it as Barkisland Mill. Use of the plural for textile mills was common in Yorkshire and according to Holden reflected the rather piecemeal way that many sites developed. This fine building was at least in part water powered and the mill pond and water courses still survive. This elevation is rather fine and relatively unspoilt but the other side has some abominable excrescences resulting from its conversion to accommodation.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.67409
Longitude
-1.901873