Coops Factory, Dorning Street
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Coops Factory, Dorning Street
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 13 Jun 2023
Built 1871 and extended 1888. Timothy Coop developed the factory to provide employment for women made redundant as a result of the Cotton Famine of the 1860s. Listed Grade II. Now in use as a small businesses centre.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.545978
Longitude
-2.635165