Benyon, Benyon and Bage
of Ditherington Flax Mill, Shrewsbury
The mill was built for John Marshall of Leeds, Thomas Benyon, and Benjamin Benyon. The architect, Charles Bage, was also a partner in the venture.
1803/4 Drawing of a Boulton and Watt engine for the mill [1]
1804 This partnership was dissolved with the mill being retained by John Marshall, who paid off his partners on the basis that it was worth £64,000. The other partners built themselves another mill nearby. These two flax mills provided the 'chief manufacture' of Shrewsbury (according to an 1851 directory).
1886 The mill closed and was sold (with a bleach yard at Hanwood for £3,000. The building was then converted to a maltings (hence its more commonly-used local name), and as a consequence many windows were bricked up
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Birmingham Archives