IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Riverbank Street, NEWMILNS, KA16 9HL
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Riverbank Street, KA16 9HL by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (21 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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Details
Distance
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Irvinebank Powerloom Factory, Brown Street, Newmilns
Built 1877 and rebuilt following fire damage in 1923. Latterly premises of the Vesuvius Group.
Image: © Leslie Barrie
Taken: 31 May 2014
0.08 miles
2
Former lace mill.
"Hood Morton & Co Ltd Lace & Madras Manufacturers". The Irvine valley (Darvel, Newmilns, Galston and Kilmarnock) is the last home of Nottingham lace manufacture in the UK (perhaps in Europe). Sadly this mill has closed in the last few years. Note the manufacture of 'Madras' - a sort of three-dimensional lace. There is still a single world manufacturer of this very expensive cloth, and they are further along this same valley.
Image: © Gordon Brown
Taken: 7 Dec 2005
0.12 miles
3
Vale Lace Mills, Brown Street, Newmilns
Dates from 1880
Image: © Leslie Barrie
Taken: 31 May 2014
0.12 miles
4
Caledonia Factory, Brown Street, Newmilns
Also known as Annbank Factory. Lace factory built 1885.
Image: © Leslie Barrie
Taken: 31 May 2014
0.12 miles
6
River Irvine at Newmilns
At this point the River Irvine is flowing just beside the A71 as it passes through Newmilns.
Image: © G Laird
Taken: 22 Aug 2017
0.19 miles
8
Riverbank Mill - Newmilns
The former Riverbank lace mill now operates as Mesh Office Seating UK Ltd.
Lace Weaving was once the main industry in the Irvine Valley. The large, pale gold brick buildings have character, history and a timeless elegance.
Handloom weaving was brought to the Irvine Valley by Flemish refugees who settled in the area at the end of the 16th Century. There was a well-established knowledge of this craft in the valley towns when Alexander Morton introduced lace making in 1876, this was shortly followed by the invention of the Power Loom in 1877, the technology of which is still relevant today.
Image: © Raibeart MacAoidh
Taken: 19 May 2019
0.19 miles
