Low Mill, Ellar Ghyll, Menston (detail 2)
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Low Mill, Ellar Ghyll, Menston (detail 2)
Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 22 Nov 2020
The factory is named on the 1908 map as Higher Gill Mill (there was a Gill Mill across the road), on the 1956 map as Eller Ghyll Mill, and on current maps as Low Mill. I haven't found any information about what type of textiles were woven here (assuming it was textiles) or when it closed. It seems to be used now (or most recently) as a general engineering works. The beck in the foreground, which forms the Leeds/Bradford boundary, would have originally provided power for the mill, as there is a mill pond shown on old maps.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.895473
Longitude
-1.730773