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One lnch Series Sheet Nos 111 .-112,120,121, Leicestershire lndustrial H istory Society, Sec 1 22. 1 23. 1 32. 1 33 and 1 34. Dr M Palmer,54 Chapel Street, , Burton on Trent DE12 7JD. FURTHER READING Nofthatuptonshire lndust al Archaeolory Gtoup, Chapman, S(anley D, The Eatly FactorY Maste.s, Sec G. Slarmer, 11 Broadway, Northampton Dav d & Charlcs 1967. NNl 4SF. Cooper, Br an, Transformation of a Valley: The Derbyshire Detwent, I \e Iremann 1983- Notti nghamsh i rc I ndustrial Archaeolog ical Hadfield, Char es, Canals of the East Midlands, Society, Sec F Hodges,44 Wadham Foad, Davld & Char es 1970. Woodthorp{r. NoltinEham NG5 4JB. Derbyshire Archaeological Society, De rbys hi te lndusttial Archaeology: A Gazetteet of Railway & Caoal Historical Society, Sec Sites, Pt I Borough of High Peak,1984 J Sheldon.9 Gloucester Ave, Nuthall, Pt 2 Botough of Erewasr, 1986. (Ongoinq NG16 1AL.

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This is a lactory with the windows and ornate tie bar plates. ornarnental gables, with alternate brick and stone bandi6g, facing both streets, and single slorey Dl4 Fiald Straot particularly on the corner with buildings to the rear. A wall mounted crane sur- Cobden Street, contains an interesting variety of vives in Digby Street, next to housing with the factories o, dif{erent dates. J Avon Ltd, built monogram and date of THB 1891. in 1878, has polychrome brickwork and round headed windovvs, while the buildings opposite tX Ba(t Road contains the Perfecta Works, are later curtain wall buildings of the 19206 and established by Timson, Bullock and Barber, as 1930s. shoe machinery manutacturers, in 1896. This is a complex of buildings stretching back to the DlE Nonh.ll Stroct' Much demolition has taken pla@ parallel Catesby Street. The main building has an between here and the town centre. A ventilated interesting mansard roof and opposite a roof marks the site oI a former electricity genera- Methodist Chapel has been convened to Timson's ting station. while opposite is a factory with a offic€s. central tower o, ironslone and a complex of brick factories with round headed windo\ /s to DO Tr6ham Etrolt. An uncompromising brick the rear. Thismaywell betheoriginal factory factory, of 13 bays, 3 storeys h igh with a wall of J T Stockbu rn, stay manufacturer, who mounted crane on one gable. lt is probably that developed the estate orf Victoria Street. of Gravestock and Wright which app€ars in the 1906directory. Dl6 Lof,ar Strr6t. Crown Brewery isstillan impress, ive 4 storey building of 6 bays, bearing the mon- D10 Prim6 Straot contains terraced houses built in gram J EorJohn Elworthy, 1885. Thekilnat the 1880s by the local shoe making co-operative the rear has an elaborate cowl and a slated roof, society, bearing the motto 'union in strength'- while a loading door and adjacent water tanks These continue into Crown Street and contain back on to Tanners Lane. The brewery c€ased footlvear workshops in the rear gardens. operation in 1930 but the buildings have survived.

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Here the Soar is crossed by both the summit section. Financial conslrainls meant road and the Great Central railway The 1sth that the locks were buih narro\r/, creating a century p.d(ho6o bridg6 (566009) and caueway bottleneck beflveen tl/vo broad canals, and in was probably built to ,acilitaG rhe growing coal the lare 19th century the canal carriers, Fellows, trade between the norlh wesl oI the county and Morton and clayton, pressed for improvemen8 Leicester (F4). The Soar itself is canalised here (567007) at Foxton. ln 19OO a boat lift was constructed, and King',r Lock was named after a lock working on the inclined plane principle: both keeper who retired in 1871 after 50 years there (F5) @issons could accommodate two narrow boats and counterbalanced each other, friction being (596239) overcome by a steam engine. The watford {light F6 Cdington tJtill is a Domesday site paper at the other end of the link was not, however, variously used for lulling, making and corn improv€dandtheFoxtontiftworkedonlyuntilgrindingUntill92S.TheUndershotwheelhas 1911. The Foxton lnclined Plane Trust have been removed from itsexternal house and the cleared the site and plan to restore the lift to water courses infilled. The mill is now a restaurant working order, adding further interest to an standing beside a lock on the river navigation. attractive site FT€ l\rountsonsl is dominated by the qu..ti6 F2 WiFton Ll{n., an important industrial village (577148) producing the pink granodiorite which and the basis of W G Ho.skin's The Midland can be seen in many of its buildings, including Pedrrt As early as 1801 more than 50% o{ the the church During the lgth century these population were engaged in trade and industry, quarries produced huge quantities of dressed largely franEwork knitting: there were over 5OO paving selts and kerb stones, together wlth frames in 1845. Much has been demolished, but granite chippings for road use {F7)' These \ /ere workshop6withWpicallongwindowssurviveofftransportedfirstbywaterandlaterbyrail;the Bulls Head Street (SP 605986) and Moat Streel elegant brick bridgo of 1860 spanning the Soar ln Bushloe End at SP 603987 are two complete carried the railway from the quarries to the wo*shop6, but access is impoGsible at present. Midland at Barrow on Soar {579153:F8) The The workshopG in Spa Lane (SP 609989) were remains oI two tipplers can be seen iust north oI taken over by Iootv\,ear manufacturers in the late this bridge on the west bank of the river, mark_ 19th century when hosiery finally became a factory- ing the terminus o, the previous rail link to the based industry. navigation.

F3 South Wiggton. WG Hoskins in The Makiag of Fg ouoin, too, contains many houses of local lhe English Lan&ape: LeicdE,shi.e wrole in granite, particularly rh'*e in Station Road '1957:'Thesightofsouthwigstononawetand which date from c1800 and are also roofed with foggy Sunday afternoon in November is an local Swithland slate. 11 was a busy hosiery experience one is glad to have had. lt reaches @ntre but frorn the mid 19th cenrury th€ the rock bottom of English provincial lile; and elastic web {actory of Wrights w6 employing there is something profoundly moving about it'. nearly 4oo people. lt is an attractive brick build- iron windows and a The township is the creation ot a specutative ing with round headed cdt (562165). builder, orson wright, who in seven years from 96 ft chimney with an ornamental top 1883 erected 600 identical brick cottaqes inter- has.long been an imponant sp€rsed with factories. situated beside a busy Fl0l6 Loughboroulh |ailwayjunction,hebuiltabrickworksandtextilecentre,itsmedievalworstedcombingin. duslry later supplying thread for frarnework factories for the manufacture of hGiery, boots knitlers both in the town and surrounding and shoes, elastic web, biscuits and iro; castings. villages Lace was also made here in the early At SP 586985 on Saffron Road, the Eagle Wo;ks lgth cenrury' notably by John Heathcote who of 1895 is a mainly single storey shoe w-orks with transferred his factory to Tiverton in Devon at two octagonal tolvers on the frontag€. canal St the lime of the ruddite riots' The canaiisation rllnning parallel to the closed Leicester to Rugby of the soar to the town in 1777 brought cheaper railwa; (sP 590983) has a rangp of factories and coal supplies. Much evidence has b€en destroyed leads to the Union Canat and Crow Mills, a former water mill on the . t4 9L I I UI tFr

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water, sorn€ pumped via pipelines from the Nene Gll l,lrak€iloy. actually in Northants. Thecalcining at Wansford and the Welland at Tinwell. The kilns atSP 947996 have probably never been ,ornEr church at Normanton on the south shore used, They were built in 1915 beside the LNWR nearly surrounded by water, houses a museum of Market Harborough to line by water supply opened in 1985 by the Anglian rneans oI which ironstone was conveyd from Water Authority. (932063). tocal workingE; these ctosed in '1921. The kilns are oI unusual shape, having circular concrete bases G8 Tick.ncot. Watot trrill (989094). This three topped by brick rowers with arches set in rhe storey corn-mill on the Biver Gwash was built in sides. Marks in the brickwork suggest that the 1830s and stopped work a century later. there was a platform at this l€ryel on to which The Llndershot wheel remains in situ and there is the ironstone was raked before loading into a fine wooden lucam, waggons below. only two of the four kilns were completed, G7€ Kstton was the centre of an extensive quarrying industry in the 18th century, its fine limestone Gl2 H.rringworth Vi.duct (Spg.197)straddles the being widely used for building until it was worked Weltand Valley. lt was buitt by the Midland in out: the village is now dominated by the cement 1877-9, has 82 arches and is over % mile long. works opened in 1928. A prosperous communit\ Ketton had two breweries, a maltings, gasworks Gl3soaton station (5p 9@9791 isagoodexample and lime Lurning industries served by the Mid- of LNWF architecture, now privately owned and land Flailway from Syston to Peterborough and restored. The ironwork o{ the footbridge is later by the LNWR from Rugby, By the railway particularly attractive. at 984041, the Midl.nd Hot6l (G7), now a private house, fronts the forrner maltings Gl4Mrnton Strtion 884039) is an elaborate brick with a surviving kiln; here too, is the retort structure buill, it is said, to placate the inhabi house of the gas works of 1863 and railway bnts of who were disappointed at offices, all of local stone. Sidings serving lime- being so far from a railway; they finally got one '1894 kilns have now been lifted. Nearby at 981042 in with a branch line {rom Seaton. is the three storey Georgian corn mill (G8) on the River Chater which ground corn unril 1856 cl3&hh O'Geunt Vilducr, Twyford (741092) is an and w6 later used to pump water for the villag€. attractive 14 arch structure on the GN B Markel Harborough to Melton line opened in G0 South Luftanhem is a smallsettlement posse6s- l87A. ing examples of three types oI corn mill. The (945027) lrr.tor nill on the Fliver Chater also cl6lrnlh.m Brsdery (945110) is the home of served as the Railway Hotel. The wheel and Fluddles' beer. The brewery was established in machinery are still in situ, although a steam 18S8 but the buildings have been much altered. engine was added. Th is mill was worked in con- junction with the low.l windmill at 947026, GlTWhircenttine Windmi|l 1824142) is a six srorey which has a datestone o{ 1832 and went out of tower mill built of ironstone with an ogee cap. useinthe1890s. Thisw6 replaced by a na.m lt was probably built in the 1g3os and worked (947027) com-rnill with a Iourstorey @ntral until 1922: itthen became derelict but w6 re. tower built alongside the railway in 1892. 11 crpped in 1962. lt stjll contains {our pairs oI contained 3 roller plant by Robinsons of stones, three Overdriven ancl one underdriven, Bochdale capable of producing 8 sacks per together with a roller mill and dressing hour and went out of use in 1927. rnachinery.

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H f-LSUJIf1 LEICESTER Fleturn along Frcg lsland to trarfic lights and H26 York Street. A series of multlslorev brick shoe turn left. works, the corner block dating from 1863. The 13 bay block with blind arcading is dared 1888 H15 Sanvay Gata. A timber storage shed with arcaded and was built for a wholesale confectioner. facade which was erected in 1915. li27 Balvoit Sti€et. One of several leather warehous€s H16 &nior Etraat. A three storey hosiery factory in this area. Adelaide Buildings were erected in built in 1915, itsfine proportions now marred by 1887; they are four storeyed and have lavish later buildings lining the new ring road. terracolta decoration. The ground floor shops are original, reJlecting the change in status oI had been mostly industrial' H17 t arkor Etr.at. An earlaer hosiery factory of the street which 1852 with the master's house fronting rear workshops. H2E3O Nivarka Slrest' On the north side of Welford Place five storey frontages of 1882 hide earlier ho6iery {actories (H28)- Enfield Buildings H18 Bttt Clo.€ t ne. The listed wooden warehouse behind ismostunusualjitwasconstructedaboutlS30oflST9areo,similarstyletothewoolwr]€- forsoasoningtimbersonend.Thecornerfourhous..o{lS63inchanceryStreettotherear (H29)' storey brick block was built in 1877 6 a shoe on the opposite corner are some early factory. 19th century domestic style hosiery factories (H30). Hlg fuLn5fiald Streat. This corner building was erected before 1844 to produce sewing cotton; H3l Oxford Strser. The five storey gabled frontage the small engine house to the rear was added in hides earlier building6 begun in 1864 by Morleys 1851. who licenced the William Cotton flat bed knitting machines. The turreted corner block HrIo Mrr6field Stre€t. The four slorev gabled block was erocted in the 1910s tor Ioollvear manu- '1899; is a hosierY {aclory dating fronr llblocked facture. off Langton Street behind, where earlier shoe (Hll2), 25 three works remain. lB24[lill Lana Fai.f Work! a bay storey block which wd erected piecemeal {rom 1840 Ior spinning' Mill Lane led to lel lryhaat Strot. This area was originalty developed worsted aroundlsoo,wharfstreetgivingaccesstotheSwan.scornmillwhichlo6titswaterinl8S0 newcanalbasin.Theearliestofthetatlfor.whenilsleat{ormedpartofthenewonemile for flood preven- bidding blocks facing across the narrow street cut excavatd to West Bridge land were reclaimed and wa6 er;ed in 1g71 for hGiery. B€hind in tion. several acres of Grafton street, the contrasting dornestic style new roads built along its banks l\{ill l'.ane (H33) made bv of the earlier works may be seen. Bridge is dated 1890 and was Gimsons. Over the bridge in the forrn€r Bede

H224.wimbl€donst'.oi/south.mptonstreet.TheMe6dowsweregoodsyardsoftheGreatcentral,posor tall five storey St Gootge'r Mill (H22) was opened in 1898' The brick hous'' remain lH34)' erected Jor Faire Bros, shoe mercc6, in 1887, warehouse and office block lateraddedtoandrebuiltafterafire;theircontinuenorthalongthewesternBoulevard eleganr four storey ltaliamte w.rshou.e (H23) to The Newarke bridge of 1898' Ontheleltis girder h;a marble plinth and decorative buff terra- the unequal span bovr/string lattic€ bridg€ cotta and was opened in 1897. Clothing manu- of the GCR over both the road and the old Jacturers built the corner blocks on southampton river channel. Go into castle Gardens, the site Street, the earliest in 1866 (H24). of Castle Mill, another casualtv o{ the flood prevention measures. tIl5 Colton StEst. This decorative lour storey building of buft brick was built in 1877 as a F{fsliJ€sr Bridg. Mill, a fine flv€ storev former shoe Iactory. The medallions by the door depict worsled spinning mil built in c 1848 which is Mercury and Minerva. now producing hosieryi its engine house and 165 fl stack have been demolished.

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Stephenson's railway from Derby to Leeds o{ building to the rear of the mill, wilh its Gothic 1840 clung to the valley as far as Ambergate, end facing the river. piercing the Chevin Hill at Milrord rather than following the floor of the valley where it might K4 Montal D.ls Viaduct (183716), a file arched have disrupted the water supplies 1o the mills. stone structure 300 Jeet long, was denounced by From Ambergate, the lranchester, Buxton, John Fluskin for despoiling the picturesque Matlock and Midland Junction Bailwav had beauty of the dale. followed the valley as lar as Flowsley by 1849. As the , the line was extended K5 M.gpio Minc (173682). Lead mining on this to Manchester in 1867 along the Wye Valley, site continued o\,€r a period of 30O yea6, but creating a pattern o{ viaducts and tunnels most of the present rcmains date from the which, although now disused, survive as a second halt of the 19th cenlury, ln 1839 John tribute to the persistence of Victorian engineers Taylor, the Cornish engineer, becarne the manager and brought with him both Cornish rnen Kl Miller. D!ls. The lvlidland Railwav's line to and methods. He erected a 40" pumping engine, Manchester crossed the valley of the Wye on but this proved Llnable to cope with water two high viaducts, an arched iron one of which increased as the mine was sunk deep€r. 1863 and the later steel one of 1903 (139732). ln 1868, a Sheffield businessman, John Fair The Mountain Bescue Post is in the former bairn, mo\€d a 70" engine from Calver Sough station buildinqs. This has five platforms and MirE to Magpie and built the engine house was the junction for Buxton: it closed in which still survives. The mine operated for '1966, 1967. The railway. now the Monsal Trail, several lengthy periods until and many of also carried considerable Iimestone tral{ic and $e late additions to the surface buildings still €st of the station are four derellct kilns built lemain, including the 1913 winding drum. The in 1878. To the west are two kilns cut into the site is nor!, a scheduled AM and in the care of rock Iace built in 1880, the reinforced concrete th€ PDMHS, who open it to the public at ure€k- buttresses \ /ere added in the 1920s and the ends. kilns work€d until 1944. They have b6€n re_ stored and interpreted by Derbyshire County Kg llhgpio Solgh. (179@6). This repres€nts a Museums Service. further attempt to drain the veins of the Sheldon area, since the annual coal costs at l\/agpie Mine t(il Litton Mill. The first o{ several early cotton_ were f200O in 1872. lt was begun in 1873 and spinning sites to be seen in the Wye and Der_ took eight years to complete at a cost of went Valleys, this dates {rom 1782 but the f35000. This wd the last of the major soughs present mitl buildings are late lgth century. to be built in Derbyshire, and still discharges (161730). Such isolated sites made extensive 10 million gallons per day into the Wye. use of pauper apprentices, often from the (256657) workhouses. The tale of Roben K7 C.udwell'. Mill is an early water- su{ferinqs at Litton, published in powered site on the Biver Wye; the present Blincoe's '1874. 1828, is undoubtedly a highly coloured version lour storey gritstone structure dates Irom of the treatment they received. The millstili At this time, two bre6t wheels drove eighl produces textiles, and the turbine installation pairs of stones for flour and three for proven- can be seen at the w€st end, der; these were replaced by roller mills in 1885 and 19'14, and, since the water-wheels K3 Crts brook Mill. (1737271. A site attracrive proved inadertuate, turbines were installed in '1896. both in its setting and its buildings, the mill 1887 and The millcontinued in commer- pool was blastedout of the limeslone gorge cial operation until 1978 and is now maintained behind the mills. A cotton mill wa6Iirst built by a Trust. lt is one of the few working water- '1779 here by Flichard Arkwright in but the poivered roller mills in Britain: to visit telephone present four6torey Palladian structure, topped 'Matlock 734374.. by a cupola, wd built by William Newton in 1815. The single storey buildings are later. KERow.ley Station (258660) was the original 20G30O pauper apprentices were housed in the terminus oJ the lVanchester, Buxton, Matlock

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SAfllVA lNlMAlO Ot'tV S,t U@ @wve nuo otaweNT vaLLEYs Mine,where old lead and fluorspar workingF on stone sleep€rs. TheCPHR isan interesting combination of inclines operated by stationary have been reopened d an underground mining erperien@. engines and sections worked bY both horse and locomotive. lt extended for 33 miles to the Peak Forest Canalat Whaley Bridge' lt was completed Kl3-l6crom{oid, a lead mining village which was in 1831 and final closure of the last sections transformed in the 1770s by Richard Arkwright' @curred 6 late as 1967 The track H has who utilised the Bonsall Brook and Cromfori ,follow- been utilis€d as the High Peak Trail Bv i.rgii. p*r"t l, i. ,raer-{rames' The first mill' ing this past the catch pit for runaways off the of which only the lower storeys remain, dates Sheep Pasture inclinl]o Black Rocks and then from 177'1 (K13). The iron aqueduct' dated the lvlggle:ol lncline' the preserved engine 1821, replaced an earlier wooden launder laking :e house at Middleton Topcanbevisited on water ro a large overshot wheel Further build_ (276552)' consists of a 18th Sundays. The engine ing;;r" uaa"a in tnn late centurv The , pair of single cvlinder rotative beam enqines mii comptex (298S60) is no\i/ in the care of the drivins a comlon cr:lk shaft' built in 1829 bv A.twrlght So"iety, is frequentlv open: "nd rhe Bu:te.rt:co and now operated on com- J"pnolne wi.f"*onf,4297. Thevillage {K14) presseo alr lKz l'' mniains manv examples ot contemporary particularlv North street (294567) housing, Kz2 it erbrook souoh (326554). An arched outret in the top storev lrt -- where the long windows . J"iino tt" initlb FH (for Francis Hurt) marks through workshops where weaving was carrleo t," t"i .t at" sor-rgh begLrn in 17g2 to un- M6son Mil (K15), a ri.re rurther uprhe ;:':;$:H::ilfl.L"##tT;rliiillJ (294573). in 1783 and illust.",". vialley wd bogun rllor"i in" tt*, of w;rcr from this ro Ark- more ornate industrial architecture, the trend to *right,s Mills, the |,".rlt being a protracted central pediment, venetian wind^ows and with its leqa] disprjte which Arkwright lost. lt still o/vned by the English Sewing clJpola. ltisstill di_scharges tZ million gallonsaday,and supplied Cotton Company. 6nd llkeston with drinking water. Cromlord Station house (K16)was buih chateau style (303574). c1860 in French K2S-24. wirkairrorth was an important centre for the soughs run K17-19. Cromfoid Can.l. The tail raceof themill lead mining industry' Six or seven complexwasoneofthefeedersofthecromfordunderthetown,whichissurroundedbythe ground of old lead mines' The church Can;I, engineered by and disturtted contain' an ancient stone depicting a lead miner opened i;1773; this provided a route to the hat and carrying his pick and via the Erewdh canal. By this \i/earing a miner's Hall oI 1814 1287542) re' rneans. coat reached the terminus ar 3OO57O kibble. The Moot places earlier ones; it was the meeting place of where small warehouses remain (K17). South the Court and houses the standard along the towpath is the Leawood Pumping Barmote for measuring lead ore, made in Stat;n {315557) which raised water from the lefurence dish Derwent (K18). The Wattsingle acting beam l5l2andpresentedbyHenrvVlll(K23)' the cotton spinninq engine, built at the Milton Ironworks i; Ebecar, Arkwright introduced town 1780s' The Speed- dates from 1849 and isstill operated bv the industry to the intlle close together in tlle Society. At 316556 the canal well and Haarlem Mills lie valley in the Ecclesboume {K24): Haarlem crosses the Derlv€nt by the stone Wigwell stone footings' is thought to be Aq'Jeduct (K19). Mill' brick on the original Arkwright construction (284526). important locally, and the l(20.21 Cromloid and High Poak R.ilway. Returning ouarrying was also established near north along the towpath and pdsing on the National Stone Centre is being oppGite side the transhipment depot of the here' Cromlord and High Peak Railway, cross the rcI6,Nltion l Tr.mwry MlEoun, (345551)- bridge to the incline foot (K201at3135m. The This issited in a Iormer limestone quarry, workshops here house an interpretative centre developed in 184O by George Stephenson to including a section of the original flsh belly rail supply limestone via a railway to kilns at Amber- 6Z

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U/\ o+ aql, ql!M fu]snpu! a\!sualxo ue olur Mar6 qcrqM 1^l 'sadldulerp pszel&Ues pue fua*od fuE]!ues ro+ l B-'lYo 3 alqsuns pa/\oJd a.r!qslqrec qlnos s,{elcall sStr-1 I 1o s aufo s oq1 'q181 aq] ul aJnFelnueu., >iallq rorr pue @s oeaev axo tE,6 coaLF,ELD M&5 Thkmll was an important pottery centre in the f ractories (312184), which was established in 17th century, with one pot\ivorks surviving 1849 to manufacture firebricks and drainpipes, until the late 1gth century (3218228). Later, although the date on these building6 is 1884. ctay was used for bricks by the Those fronting the road. have Iine blue brick estate and a good complex of Scotch Kiln, stringcolFes and lintels, albeit covered with the drying shed and horse-operated crushing grey mud splashes which characterise the area; rollers survives at 369243 (M3). The estate also four small and one larg€ beehive kilns survive, poGsessed extensive lime workings, together but are disused (Mg). with a large number of kilns; these are currently Further south along the Moira Road can be being surveyed by LtHS for the National Trust, seen the lunar landscape of open cast coal and now owners of Calke Abbey (M4). A tramway clayworkings, the sad grey hills contrdting was built cl8OO by to convey sharply with the white spoil heaps of the china limestone to the Ahbv Canal. Sections of this clay area of Cornwall. are w€ll preierved, including a tunnel and a bridge at 356240 which carried the line over theMl0_12 Moir. takes its name lrom one of the titles ro6d (M5). of the Rawdon-Hastings {amily who exploited the area {or coal and iron in the early 19th M6. Woodville was a hamlet known intheearly 1gth century. A Newcomen engine house can be centlry as Wooden Box,Irom the half-barrel seen at 312150, which was one of the first provided to shelter the turnpike to,l collector. coal pits in the area; the internal wooden beams It developed in the second half o{ the century for supporting the cylinder and rocking beam because of extensive earthenware factories, of survive, onedated 1805 (Ml0). Adjacent is which there were nine in 1857. The largest lronstone Spinney, from which ironstone was (31 was Thompson Brothers of H artsh orne smelted i n t he splend id fu rnace 41 52 ) bu ilt potteries. founded in 1818, which manulactured 1804-1806 and recently restored by lhe local Rockingham and yellow ware, together with District Council. The bridge by means of which ironstone eatthenware. Bawdon Pottery was the furnace was charged spanned the Ashby founded in 182Os, later concentrating, along Canal and houses were constructed under its wilh most of the other Woodville potteries, on arches (M1 1 ). The adjacent engine house was sanitary ware; its bottle oven (314192) is one demolished in 1971, but a battery of seven lime oI the few bottle ovens surviving and has been kilns is undergoing restoration (313151). {Ml2). listed, Mt114 Me6ham had been a coal mining village from M7-gsryadlincoto was the centre of the South at least the 16th century, but owed its growth Derbyshire clay industry, together with church toJo6ephwilkes(1732-1805),anentrepreneur Gresley. Particularly important were Wood- with interests in mining, brickmaking and tex' wards, founded by John Hunt in 1790,which tiles: he went into partnership with the Peels of concentrate on Iireclay goods for the Sheffield Tamworth and opened a cotton rnill on the steel industry. As Thomas Wragg's the firm site now occupled by the Car Auctions. He continues to makesanitary pottery. lnthe promoted the and built twosplendid villaoe itself, much redevelopment has taken warehouses where the turnpike road cr6sed the plac€, but the Sharpe Bros pottery survives off canal {334121 ) (M 13). These carry his charac- West Street at 298195 (M7) and contains a teristic stamp o{ blind arched recesses and are rendered bottle kiln and a section of another. built ot 'Gobs', the double sized bricks he The Burton:on-Trenl Co-op building, opposile made to get round the brick tax of 1784. Many this, has a fine terra cotta front, a clay product houses built of these survive in the village and his much utilised inthearea. Tothesouth ofthe brickworks were at 337121, off Bosworth Rcad, village, T G Green's (305188) contains four where the drying sheds have been convened to kilns and the two storev buildins characteristic hous€s with garages below (M'141. of the pottery industry in this area, with windo\ /s set in rec€ssed arcades extending up M15-16 anar6tone (348101). The smalt ornare both storeys (M8). Not lar from this, and really pumping station stands near the pres€nt head of in Woodville, ls John Knowles, now Dyson R+ navigation of the Ashby Canal. The station,

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P THE TRENT VALLEY heads resulting in the expansion o, the industry and an unrivalled period of prosperity for the The Biver Trent has been a vital anery of East Midlands, expressed in both the high communication for the landlocked East l\ridlands. quality of much of the housing and in show- It w6 made navigable to Wilden Ferry, near pieces such as the Nottingham Lace l\,4arket. , by the 17th century and, for small boats, to Burton by the 18th. The opening of Pl Stardlow developed as the transhipment point the Trent and Mersey Canal in 1777 enhanced between Wilden Ferry, the real head of the its value as an east-west transport route. Many Trent navigation, and the Trent and Mersey industries developed along its banks, particularly Canal. The horseirawn ferry was replaced in qricultural processing such as brewing, 1759 by the Cavendish Bridge, itself destroyed malting, corn milling, together with ware- by floods in 1947- Nurnerous warehouses w€re housing for the transhiprnent of goods to road built in the lastquarter of the 18th c€ntury, or canal. The major industry during the 1gth many with semicircular cast-iron framed win- century in the west ol the region was lace- dows, and industries such as rope-making, corn making, which has developed out of the ho6iery milling, brewing and malting developed. Of industry. Originally hand'powered and centred particular interest is the Clock Warehouse, so in Nottingham, the need for land for expansion called because of the clock set in its pediment and the search for cheap€r labour encouraged (442303). A central shipping hole bestrides an manufactureni to move westwards into the arm ol the canal. The warehouse is now a villages of , Beeston, Sandiacre and museum and restaurant, where an informative Draycott, which rapidly became large industrial trail to the whole inland port can be obrained centres. characteristic of the last quarter of and the suNiving cranes, cast iron mileposls, the 191h century are the tenement lace factories, warehouses and other buildings examined. financed by lac€ manufacturers like E T Hooley. These enabled the traditionally small lace firms Pil3 D6ycott possesses two large mill complexes. to rent space and shate polver and other over- Victoria Mills {P2) olf Victoria Road (446333} 38 6e .,oor olrlued peddtq e qu/\^ IJlrq lo pslcnJls -ertsuouJep pue funlue qlOZ eqt lo epecap $r!,l -uoc'uJ: alqnop e qllM (ot9z6/) s6urrpur otll Luorl 6urlep'sllrn eJpuexqv pue preMpl e 6urureluoc luar1 eql uo ,reqM e :uoUoFlJ gld euolcrA Aarols el6uls aql sureluor (Zd) peog rauly\l 'g?c68t, ]e'teue] qaeMarf aq] sprEMol '{98t869) auI meld +a?eu., aq},o tsaM .saulqceLu leoJel elep ulorur-'l-uJeq6ullloN s.puelptll aql uo 6tgI -ouJrxoace ol ]ltnq se/\^ uolpas ,(gq x!s laplo aql lo uollels JopnI-o3N ue :uou8&n{l zld :(9d) Ie.e_l H pue f q perdnr:lo Mou Zgg! ^lJea ,s!r.ll +o fuolce+ acel e sr g€ee6t le lo qlnos '?1euurqc e qll^^ 6ulp|nq a^l+ a6Jel e eql p pua reqlo aql +p *r,r,r,, .,,?'jll'll sr qcrql!^ (Sd) (Zgez6rl ZgBt^e]o$ lo tuolJet Mau ra,\o ualel 6ulaq uo!tcun] r!aq+,uo,leletle 6u!06 s.ulNnv sl€celd ]alreur aql Io ]sea aql oI -]apun qtl^^ ele sloor elels sul!)i lcllq rno] 'funluec srql +o Ued llree fua aq] ut soutpltnq '(f a'l_L fd) oullleur ,o spoqtaur Meu pue plo qloq IeroN olouls lq p€celder 6uraq ooeJ ador leJlueo p€lerlslrouJep l96zeg ]e puelply! aq] e q]!/v\ slllur /(arols!]lnLU aq]'reMod cutJap .sasrurard eplsouole r6uttlel^ , oN s,auolsd!qS^eqteg ol u.reols lJoll uo!]lsuerl aql elerNuouJap eql uo suleunr oel paqruu pue apeur uotull aJeq seuope] luouraual oel eql .uorEl Guol .tpal Rgd 1!M luerl lo u!r, oql oqt o] lllut e pue ^aro$ aerql ]o tuaurpad eql aouerlua apls ar.i+ ]o 'lpuea aq+ ol esop /(oul.!!q. slsodeleo aq] uo peleedal ,slruq q]!M s! al!q/lJ\ aleroqele ue qlr^^ asnoq aut6ue ue pue *ocleJo palqorlq6rq'lroMlrirq pass€rol oq] ut sossolr le esoq10)rl slelJnl esecrlels lelna]!c!uros rnol uJeUed seqcle palurod a eq s/l +o aqf opulM eje rpal aq] tV .tuotJel aq] rllnq oq/\^ p]-l poeld llleculau.Ill,{s sdol palellauerJ qtu aql AelooH 1 peqursu! s! acl+lo }uacelpe aql pue $a!n] MorJeu o/\^l Iq po)iuel, uollcas lerluao pl_l H f slelllur or.l+ .reeq 's6u lqceur eel ogl ,o eq oM] e qcea ]o epls sleq e^t+ ,o opecel suorlerq!^ eql puelsqlrM ot 6urpltnq eql palqeus clqloC e slseoq peou uolplloM ol aoeluorl .9\ qarq^^ seleld req all lelueuJeu.ro oput/l^ aql eq1 urol, salep 6utqlnq aql pue Z6gL luaserd +o slolu!l aq] u! penulluoc e.rnlee, e,$l.uq ar!] pe^orlsap a.raM e]!s slq] uo selrope] allq/l^ qlrM paluareuJo ,ggg! alep aq+ qlr/\^ oelJeluea^q o/!^l 'salJo]ael ]seal ]v luauJ luaLurped lrlrq e seq abeluorl peor ei.la .q6tq -aual aq] rlo lsoLu aq] are lle leluaureuro {old) s,laro+s rnol pue 6uol ,OO, ourplrnq a rss"u.r ]e s[ry\] uerlocs"otOuV .uoFse8!t-Otd 0t6ZZ9 oql e sr pug (ggtogr) leue3 qseMeJl aqt o] uo slceq'toorls e6pu8 ,llrlA plarl6uuds .ercolpuBs td 'dec uor!-ls?c e s€q /(auu,llla 6ul^!runs eql :luecelpe s6u!pllnq 6ut^eq pue .sesnoq eu!6ua o/!\] aq salJolcert ^e]ol3el6urspelaMod ll!nq ol luau.reuel Lleals lseal le aq o] reedde araql pue s/\ opulM pepeeq oql ]o lset aql'(6d) ort8gt re s !y! a6pug punoJ pue EurpecJe putlq arnlee+ llV .gellrd quoN .sogg! s! leuec aql6uole aq] uroJ, uoJ!-lssc pue looJ peqcre-larrsq e q]!/v\ Burpl!nq elep aql :eaJe uo!]eruesuoa I Mou st qclqM e6nq auo 6urpnlcur ,larols al6uls aJe s6utpltnq ouars e aleuru.rop (gd) solopel ]eerls plodoe-] oql ]o 1s!n speeq releMuler eql uo oggl pue a6nq aq]'Zet88, 19 leusJ eq] ot uo 6ut)peg ouurqc aql uo O€81 ,lo alep eq]. ql/v\ (Zteztt) 'leejls erJes oql ul se^^ uollels 6ulplaue6 xaldLuor rerlree ue st (ed) +o3rls lallel^ u! aql :raMod .lrpala o1 uolltsuell oq] 6ull sllrn }}oc eJO sla]lnl asecle$ Jelnc]lJlures Jnol seq peou pu3 uMol uo Uolp^ala reer eql6ltqM ']aerls uotse^lf sluorl butplnq atll .aoer a edoJ leJluao e qlr/l^ seuroue ureaN se esJEJeH lclH o/,^] /(q paJeMod seM xelduroc oql .906! alep eqt pue suJeu slq 6utreaq auJop Jeddoa e qll/\^ reMol eql pappe pue sburpltnq ,o a6uei eql + peleldu]oc oqM'668 e | ut autpref Jelnlce+nueur f. ourqceuJ ocel eql ?{q psseqcrnd pue'sauaqrs qcns lera as ur poledbrled oqM'?{alooH I f I .q6rq r rolelnceds aqt Iq gggL c Urnq s?/\^ ll s sleJols rnol pue 6uol ,OO9 6ulaq salrolre+ a.el q lueuJauo+ s,uor6o.l 6ql ]o ]se el puocas eq] s! A:]1'IVA .LNf A,L NOTT I NG HA MS H I R E COA L F I E L D canal was later supplernented by the cromlord TIIE IOTIS Canal in 1794, the Nottingham Canal in 1796 c0ltFlEt0 and the short Nutbrook Canal in the same year' a Many waggonways were built Jrom lhe pils to the canals, while the Mansfield and Pinxton Railway, opened in 1819, took coal to Pinxton wharf on an arm o,f the Cromford Canal and to the rapidly expanding induslrial town ot Mans_ txsFlEL0 field. Locomotive railways have followed both the Leen and Erewash valleys, the Midland in 6 1848 and the Great Northern in 1879, together with numerous mineral lilres. The coal seams in the Leen Valley were deeper than those o, the Erewash and so exploiled later, making maxi_ mum Llse ol . The Midllnd Railway C€ntro, Riploy (402520) preserves and runs both Midland and LMS stock in the old Butterley Station and is open at weekends (O1). Near this at 415517 is the empty engine house and head_ 18 stocks enclosed in a round brick tower belonging + to the Brittain Colliery. Contrasting types of colliery settlements can also be seen on the coallield, rrom the monotonous terra@s of Plo.seyhill (507641), Fotosr To.rn (563620) and Netvno.d (5253) to planned villaqes like I(}TTIXGHAil Rrinwonh (5958), N6w Anrsloy (5153), Nsw Clip6tone (5863) and Blk wortft (5S56) (O2). The Bi\/ers Leen, Maun, l,4eden and Poulter also O NOTTINGHAM COALFIELD generated power for an early textile industry, panicularly in the late 18th century after powered The area of the Nottingham coal{ield consldered Richard Arkwright had introduced in this section is that centrcd on the valleys o, cotton spinning inlo Nottingham and the the Rivers Leen and Erewash and extending Derwent Valley; the establishd {ramework northwards to Mansfield. Coal had been mined knitting industry provided a market for the enabled water here as early as lhe 13th century, but the industry thread. Ready access to coal power and then replaced expanded rapidly during the 'l6th century as a to be first supplemented growing population, together with scarcity of by steam polver. The growth of towns such as problems timber, stimulated the ciornestic market ror coal Mansfield and Nottingham created of and water supply; a The mo6t strikinq evidence for the profils made both sewage disposal latter was lound by sinking bore_ rn coal minang, during Ihis perrod rs the extrava- solution to lhe an exc€llent gant Wollaton Hall, built in the 1580s for Sir holes to the Bunter Sandstone, has in a good series of Francis Willoughby. Not long afterwards, the aquifer. which resulted tate 1gth century steam-powered pumping Willoughby's agent, Huntingdon Beaumont, stations. built what is thought to be the first waggonway along which horses hauled coal to Wollaton (}3 Strslloy (514418). An interesring series of Lane End. Later developments ln transport bell-pits for coal survive, probably dating from were also important in enabllng coal to be the 17th century. They can be found in the moved out o, the region, notably the Erewash Iields either side o, the road leading to Strelley Canal down the western side ot the valley. village, adjacent to the Broad Oak public house. Opened in 1779, not long after the Soar Navi- Each consists of a circular mound of about 30' gation, it enabled Nottinghamshire Coal to find acroGs with a central depression marking the a market a.long way to the south as well as site of the shaft driven to the coal at a depth of east and $/est along the Trent. The Erewash less than 40' below the surface. 40 l, lJeluaurelped spuplplf! aql .plallsuey\ lltun Nej ur pas!]cerd lltLu eleulo aq1 pue alseeld ]o seM qctq^ ils lsuelxe 6utr!]e,,ro urals/(s plau sluourallles tuallloc aqr uror+ a(xec ac.roJ uodo aq] anbrun +o le^!runs v (olgozz) !olx".-lzlo )./oM aqt lo qanur lnq,196!^qlsau ur psqsrloLlap ara i slllur aql ol luecelpe ]ltnq sasnoq euros .Aepol '821098 :le-L - 6Z90 0€'9 00'Z o.roq] parnpoJd ltrls s qcrqM efla^rn se u/vlou) iepuns pue q - Ieprnles ol ot o€ o! lepsenr arnlxrur 1oo,r,r pr" ,o11o" eq.I paraauord surlloH urorl uedo s! 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enclosure in the 18th century. The land is still cylinder winding engine is believed to have been farmed in strips although these have been amal- purchased secondhand trom Wales. lronmaking gamated into blocks. and the village is a coo- began here in 1874 with first two and then four servation area and under protection as an example blasl furnaces but ceased in the 1920s. Terraced of a long vanished way of life. housing bearing the crest of the Bestwood Coal and lron Company and the date 1876 may be Ot3 Psppl€wick Pump (583521). An ornate building $een close to the colliery 1553477l,. of 1885 designed by Nottingham Corporalion engineer Ogle Tarbotton, it contains two single (116 ForfE Mill, Eetwood (547471). A water- cylinder rotative engines by James Watt and Co, porlered site of some antiquity, it was used first among the l6t to be built by that firm. The for iron-working and then for colton spinning Engineer was Thomas Hawksley. The supporting by the Robinsons. The present stone mill was pillars are lavishly ornamented with delicate built in 1787 and became a bone mill during meta! work and the stained glass windows Ieature the lgth century with a direct connection to water motifs; it is a monument to victorian the railway. municjpal architeclure. A Preservation Trust maintains and operates the engines and are re. O17 B€stwood Park PumpirB St.tion (548483). storing in the grounds a lwin cylinder colliery Thomas Hawksley's first work {or Nottingham winder from nearby Linby, which was built by Corporation, this eiaborate Italian Gothic Robeys of Lincoln in 1922. For open days, buildlng was erected in 1873. The two Cornish tel: 0602 632938 or 631409. engines were dismantled in the late 1960s.

014 Peplowick Cotton Mill* Thetiny River OIE Calverton. The birthplace of the lranEwork Leen powered a surprising number of ln_ knitting industry, it was here that William dustriatenterprisesduringthelSthcentury, Lee developed the knitting rrame in 1589. A including the cctton mills built by Bobinsons in hand frame i5 preserved in a small museum open the parishes of Linby, Papplewick and Bestlvood. by appointment (Tel: 0602 652886). The Originating in Scotland, the {amily foonded surviving buildings are 1gth century in dale, first a bteach works and then six cotton mills, characterised by ground floor workshops unlike mainly in the 1780s. Moor Pond Wood the topshops more common to the west o.f (548507) contains many earthworks remaining Noltingham. Windles Square built in 1834 trom the ponds, dams and sluices which directed (621491) consists of two rows of knitters' water to the mills. Problems with water supply. cottages from an original complex of three. All particularly because of a dispute with Lord have ground ,loor workshops with large Byron of Newstead Abbey, caused the Robinsons windows and the square was restored w:th the to apply to Boulton and Watt shortly after the aid of the Nottinghamshire Buildings Preserva- latter had patented rotative motion, and the tion Trust. At 609493 6re similar cottages with fi6t of these engines to power a cotton mill w6ts the date 1857 in brick on the gable. A frame- installed, probably in Middle Mill, in 1786. shop in the village (611rK)2) reprer€nts the tater Castle Mill (545510) has an ornamental facade. phase oI the industry. ln 1844 with a population probably because it fac€s Newstead Abbey, of 1350,4OO frame! were operated in the village, and the quatrefoil motif is repeated on ou1- about 30 frames per hundred of the population; bujldings at Grange Farm, the site oI Grange or this wes typical ot the overdependen@ on one Old Mill (547502). The Bobinsons employed industry which contributed to the poverty of both pauper and ,ree children and workers' framework knitters in the 191h cenlury. housing survives at &9514, known as Grange Colt€es. The mills ceased operation in the ,irst half of the 'lgth century.

O15, B6t1vood Colliory. The Leen valley coalfield was developed in the 1870s and an engine hous€ and headstocks are pre6erved as part of the Leen valley counrry Park (557475). The verticaltwin 42 tt, o s s

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ol tlVOC 1 A t HSflVH 9NILLON MANSFIELD R4 Fiald Mill, off the Nottingham Road, was one of the earliest mills in the town, dating from the R '1780s. o The building was demolished in 1925 bu1 an extensive millpond and arched sluices under the old mill building mark its site.

R5 Victorie Str€6(, A three storey stone mill twenty four bays long, powered by steam and rcpresenting the later phase o{ the textile industry when coalwas readily available in the 6

n6 R.ilwry St.tion built by the Midland Railway in 1872. lt ia of stone in the ltalianate style and the Midland Hotel is adjacent. rArsHfl.0 R7 Midworth StrDet' A floor rnaltings originally belonging to Mansfield Breweries, with parts dating from th€ 18th c€nlury. It is a two storey building with five additional bays and two kilns B II,AI{SFIELD at the rear' lt is undergoing conversion toa restaurant. Manslield, on the River Maun, provides an inter- estirE example of how the water from one amall R8 Murterd Mill, RoGk Valloy. A water-powered river was used over and over again to power site of the early 19th century which was used spinning milts. The thread was supplied to an lor mustard grinding. The firm of Barringer, extensive locaf ho6iery industry and the town Wallis and Manners also made metal containers expanded rapidly in the first half of the lgth for mustard, an industry which set the pattern century. The Manslield and Pinxton Railway for the building's present use by l\,4etal Box Ltd' was opened in 1819 from Pinxton Wharf on th€ The imposing main building dates from 1919. Cromford Canal to the Portland Wharf in the town and its coal traffic enabled the mills to Bg Strmoo'5 ltill, Bath Lane. Mans{ield's oldest sLlpplement woterwith steam power. Afiv+ surviving mill ofclTS5,thetwostoreyseclion arched 3ton yisduqt from this line survivea near of the mill straddle! the river. The adjacent three Kings Milli (519598) and has the date and storey mill is unadorned in a fashion typical o, monogram M & P 1817 on a keystone (Rl). the austere ltructures oI the early cotton industry Tho town itself is dominated by the high arches of another ston. rrihray vkduct which cuts off R10 Bsth irill. A large four slorey stone structure of the church from the market place, built for the c180O, it is, like Stanton's Mill, built out across Midlind Rrihfl.y in 1875 (R2). There were the Biver Maun. A steam engine was added later, four separate railway lines into lvlansfield and the mill has semi-circular projections contain_ during the 1gth century, but it is now one of ing staircases that are more usualty found in the the largest towns in to have no hosiery and lace factories o{ the area. The mill station, the new Allreton and Mansfield Parkway produced cotton thread {or the lace industry but station being about eight miles distant from lrom the 18th century was operated as a hosiery the town. At 524598 is Hotmit ge Mill, a large factory by Goldie, Wade and Goldie. lls future cotton mitl datinq in part from the end of the is uncertain. 18th century. The older stone aection has round-headed windows, and the brick exlension nl1 Totn Mills. St Peter's Way and Bridge Street. hasacraneand loading bay. There isa largE The Old Mill,nowa restaurant, dates from 1827 pond at the rear (83). and wd used for cotton spinning. Part of the Other interesting sites in Manslield can be rear oI the building ir on stone pilla6, allowing s€en following this short trail: water under the mill. Opposite, the austere five 44 t, o s

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olfHlVOC JA tHStlVXCUttlON @ MANSFIELD R4 Fi€ld Mill, off the Nottingham Road, was one R oI the earliest mills in the town, dating from the 1780s. The building wasdemolished in 1925 but an extensive mill pond and arched sluices under the old mill building mark its site.

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R6 n.ihry Station buill by the Midland Railway in 1872. lt is o, stone in the ltalianate style and the Midland Hotel is adjacent ttxsHtrD n7 Midwonh Strr€t. A floor maltings originally belonging to Mansfield Breweries, wlth parts dating from the 18th century. lt is a tlvo storey building with five additional bays and two kilns B MANSF IE LD at the rear. lt is undergoing conversion to a restaurant. Ivlansfield. on the River Maun, provides an inteF erting example of how the water from one lmall nE Munard Mill, Rock V.lloy. A water_powered river was used over and over agaln to power site of the early 19th century which was used spinning mills. The thread was supplied to an for mustard grinding. The lirm of Barringer, exlenslve local h6iery industry and the town Wallis and Manners also made metal containeE expanded rapidly in the first half of the 1gth for mustard, an industry which set the pattern century. The Manslietd and Pinxton Railway forthe building's present use by Metal Box Ltd was opened in 1819 from Pinxton Wharf on the The imposing main building dates from 1919' Cromford Canal to the Portland Wharf in the town and its coal traffic enabled the mills to R9 Stsmon'! llill. Bath Lane. Mansfield's oldest supplement woterwith steam power. A five_ surviving milt of c 1785, the wo storey section arched 3ton yisduct from this line surviles near oi the mill straddles the river. The adiacent three Kim. Milh (519598) and has the date and storey mill is unadorned in a {ashion typical o{ monogramM&P'!8'lTonakeystone(Rl). the austere structures of the early cotton industry The to /n its€lf is dominated by the high arches of another stone nilway virduet which cuts off Rlo Bath Mill. A large four storey stone structure of the church from the markel place, built for the c180O, it is, llke Stanton's Mill, built out across Milland Railwry in 1875 (Fl2). There r.'rere the River Maun. A steam engine was added later, four leparate railway lines into Mans{ield and the mill has semi_circular projections contain_ during the lgth century, but it is now one of ing ltaircases that are more usually found in the the largelt town! in England to have no hosiery and la@ factories of the area. The mill station, the new and Manslield Parkway produced cotton thread for the lace industry but station being about eight miles dlsiant from lrom the 18th century was operated as a hosiery rhe town. At 524598 is He]mittgo Mill, a large factory by Goldie, Wade and Goldie. lts tuture cotton mllldating in part {rom the end oI the is uncertain. 18th century. The older slone section has round-headed windo\i/a, and the brick exGnsion Bll Town Milb, St Peteds Way and Bridge Street. has a crane and loading bay. There is a large The Old Mill, now a restaurant, dates lrom 1827 pond 6t the rear(R3). and was used forcotton spinning. Part of the Other interesting rites in Mansfield can be rear of the building is on stone pillars, allo./ing reen {otlowing this short trail: water under tl|e mill. Oppolite, the austere Iive 44 9' o l. , I E w LJ :R; r 6 'tll,r. L- . ,] i r E , k'-t! rlr n

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S. NOTTINGHAM to/\/n remained unenclooed and therefore un- available fordeleloprrent. Consequently, Nottingham is a city of Saxon and Danish origin Nottingham possessed some of the worst slums which became an industrial centre from the 18th in Britain, with lace.makers crammed into @ntury onwards. Wooldyeing and cloth making attics, cellars and courts. Enclosure in 1850 $/ere important during the Middle Ages and many helped relieve the pressure, and created districts of Nottingham's leading families, like the such 6 the Park, largely the creation of the Plumptres, owed their prosperity to the wool architect T C Hine. Many middle class families trade. Framework knitting superseded u€aving vacated the centre of Nottingham for the new by the end of the 18th century, at which time suburbs, allowing industrial and commercial de- Nottingham rather than Leicester wa! the centre velopment 10 take place in areas such as the of the hosiery industry. Cotton stockings had Lace Market. alredy been knilled in Noflingham from im_ Nottingham's proximity to the Fliver Trent ported yarn when Hargreaves and Arkwright boGted trade, particularly after the improve- sought refuge in the city alter their cotton ment to rhe Trenr betw€PJn 1'166 and 1777. spinning inventions of the jenny and the water coalmining to the north-west of the city frame had been greeted with ho6tility in their prompled the opening oI the Nottingham Canal native Lancashire. Nothing remains of the in 1793, which connected with the Erewash hoEe-powered spinning mill set up by Arkwright Canal at Langley Mill, while a more direct cut in Hockley in 17@, Nottingham rapidlv be- 1o the Trent was provided by the Beeston Canal carne the leading manu{acturing centre lor in 1796, which joined the Nottingham Canal at cotton ho6iery, an industry which diversified Lenton. Railway development also aflected into machine-made lace by th€ end of the 18th the town at an early date, with the Midland Counlies Railway from Derby in l83g being Population in the town increaded six_fold in extended to Loughborough and Rugby in the century between 1750 and 1850, but the 1840. 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This booklet is published by the Association AIA was established in 1973 to promole the for lndustrial Archaeology in conjunclion with study of lndustrial Archaeology and encourage the Leicestershire lndustrisl History Sociely improved standards oI recording, research, on the occasion of the AIA Annual Conference conservation and publication- lt aims 10 support at Loughborough in September 1986. individuals and groups involved in the study and LIHS was formed in 1969, wilh the aim of recording o{ past industrial activity and in the encouraglng the study and recording o{ the preservation of induslrial monuments: to industrial past of Leicestershire by means oI represent the interests o, lndustrial Archaeology Iieldwork and documenlary research. Monthly at national level: to hold conferences and lectures are arranged from October to April on seminars, and to publish the results o{ research. subjects of both local and national interest. The Association is a purely voluntary one with During the summer months several field visits no paid of{icers; it is administered by an elected are arranged, which include a May weekend Council of Management. The AIA publishes away; recent visits have been made to Hamp- the lndust al Archaeology Reyiew which is shire, Tyne and Wear and Bolton. The society sent twice yearly to all members, who also publishes an annual bulletin, whilst its Besearch receive quarterly issues o{ lhe AIA Eulletin, Group is involved in producing other sp€cialist Additional occasional publications include the publications. This group is also engaqed in ,ield AIA Educalion Group's Nettdletter and Wo d work on industrial remains at Calke Abbey lndustrial History. Furlher details about and on tin mining sites in Cornwall. Further membership of AIA may be obtained from the information on LIHS and its publications may Membership Secretary, Association lor be obtained {rom the honorary secretary, lndustrial Archaeology, The Wharrage, whose address is given on page 2. lronbridge, TelIord, Shropshire TF8 7AW. Telephone 095 245 3522.