Park Mill, Hollinwood
of Hollinwood, Oldham.
1880 Baxter Brothers, Park Mills, Hollinwood.[1]
1886 Auction of the Cotton Spinning Machinery.[2]
1887 'Park Mills, Hollinwood, recently owned and worked by Messrs. Baxter Bros, are to be re-started by Mr. J. Bowker. J.P., of North Moor Mills'[3]
1891 Joseph Bowker and Co.[4]
1930 Business sold. 'A bid of £1,000 made for the Park Mill Hollinwood at sale auction to-day. The mill belongs to Messrs Joseph Bowker (1929) Ltd and contains 20,000 spindles. Bidding afterwards to £1,600 but as there were no further offers the auctioneer withdrew it. Afterwards he offered the building boilers and engines without the machinery and these were £760 to Middleton firm of carriers. Sixteen cottages belonging mill were sold for and afterwards machinery and contents were sold piecemeal.'[5]
1941 Smith and Nephew
1952 Lilia Ltd, Park Mill, Hollinwood.[6]
1952 Smith and Nephew (Manchester) Ltd, Park Mill, Hollinwood.[7]
1979 Smith and Nephew, Park Mill, Hollinwood. Light Clothing Manufacturer.[8]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Stalybridge Reporter - Saturday 05 June 1880
- ↑ Manchester Courier - Saturday 30 October 1886
- ↑ Cotton Factory Times - Friday 29 April 1887
- ↑ 1891 Cotton Mills in Oldham
- ↑ Manchester Evening News - Thursday 04 December 1930
- ↑ Picturegoer - Saturday 26 January 1952
- ↑ Manchester Evening News - Saturday 13 September 1952
- ↑ Manchester Evening News - Wednesday 07 February 1979