Acorn Mill, Lees
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Acorn Mill, Lees
Image: © Stephen Richards Taken: 13 Jun 2016
Little survives of the original 1800 cotton mill for James Dyson. It was rebuilt after a fire in 1825, much remodelled in the 1840s, and raised by a storey later in the C19th. (The listing calls it "Hey Lane Mill".) Grade II listed. Now mostly, if not entirely, converted to flats.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.538476
Longitude
-2.071935