Dark Mill, Brimscombe
of Brimscombe, near Stroud
Dark Mill was first recorded in 1597 when the property comprised a house, two fulling mills and two grist mills.
By 1671, a gig mill had been added to the complex
1784 The property consisted of a fulling mill, a shear-grinder's mill and a dye house.
1847 For sale. Dark Mill, Bourne, near Stroud. Used as a clothing mill.[1]
1860 The property stopped being used as a cloth mill
1861 To let. Dark Mill, Bourne, Stroud. Occupied by John Webb, Clothier.[2]
1863 To Let. Dark Mill, Brimscombe. Clothing or Shoddy mill.[3]
1869 Reeves and Co
The mill was used for a variety of other purposes later in the 19th century: as a gun-felt manufactory in 1870; a dye works in 1876; a saw mill in 1881 and for the manufacture of umbrella sticks in 1885.
1874 Holroyd and Wade in liquidation
1872 Mill for sale.[4]
1880 Mill for sale.[5]
1903 the site was acquired by Critchley Bros. Ltd. of Wimberley Mills nearby, who used it for the manufacture of wooden knitting needles and crochet hooks, and who continued to occupy the site until the mid 1990s.
1948 Dawsons Manufacturing Co, Dark Mill, Brimscombe.[6]
1949 Golden Valley Chemical Works.[7]
New factory buildings were constructed on the site in the 1950s and 1960s
1964 The early 19th century stone mill building was demolished.
1998 G. B. Electronics Ltd, Dark Mills, Brimscombe, Stroud.[8]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Gloucester Journal - Saturday 20 November 1847
- ↑ Stroud Journal - Saturday 15 June 1861
- ↑ Stroud Journal - Saturday 27 June 1863
- ↑ Stroud Journal - Saturday 16 November 1872
- ↑ Stroud News and Gloucestershire Advertiser - Friday 07 May 1880
- ↑ Gloucester Citizen - Saturday 23 October 1948
- ↑ Gloucester Citizen - Thursday 17 February 1949
- ↑ Gloucester News - Thursday 19 February 1998
- [1] Digital Stroud