Greenfield Mill, Darwen
From Graces Guide
of Spring Vale, Darwen.
1865 Built
1891 Directory: Listed. Greenfield Mill Co, Greenfield Mill; 1,180 looms, India and China shirtings and jacconettes.[1]
1899 Owner was Ernest George Davies.[2]
1913 Ashton and Sons.[3]
1929 'Mr. J. P. Davies is a cotton manufacturer at Greenfield Mills, Darwen, and resides at Lytham.'[4]
1931 Visited by Gandhi with 1,180 looms at its height.[5][6]
1931 Mr. J. Percival Davies is a cotton manufacturer at Greenfield Mills, Darwen.[7]
1954 Acquired by Thorne and Co.[8]
1956 'Thorne and Co the Manchester specialists in exporting cotton piece-goods and owners of Greenfield Mill (Darwen) cotton manufacturing concern.'[9]
1959 Closed and completely demolished.
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Sources of Information
- ↑ 1891 Cotton Mills in Darwen
- ↑ Manchester Evening News - Tuesday 02 May 1899
- ↑ Cotton Factory Times - Friday 25 July 1913
- ↑ Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Tuesday 21 May 1929
- ↑ Yorkshire Evening Post - Saturday 26 September 1931
- ↑ Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Monday 28 September 1931
- ↑ Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Saturday 17 October 1931
- ↑ Manchester Evening News - 26 August 1954
- ↑ Manchester Evening News - Friday 20 July 1956