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c.1795 Established by Jonathan Noad, who rented the property from Samuel Norman.
c.1795 Established by Jonathan Noad, who rented the property from Samuel Norman.


1830 Factory offered to be let, with a newly-erected 14 HP [[Boulton and Watt]] engine.
1830 Factory offered to be let, with a newly-erected 14 HP [[Boulton and Watt]] engine.<ref> Salisbury and Winchester Journal, 1 March 1830 </ref>


1838 Let to Samuel Evans.
1838 Let to Samuel Evans.


1858 Mill in ruins.
1858 Mill in ruins. However.....


1879 Sale Notice:  'ROCKABELLA CLOTH MILLS, ROAD, SOMERSET. <br>SALE of MACHINERY, PLANT, Quantity of CLOTH, WOOL, YARN, and other Effects. <br>MR. HORNSEY announces instructions to SELL by AUCTION, on the Premises, Rockabella Mills, Road, aforesaid, on TUESDAY, May the 20tb, 1870, Twelve o’clock, under Bill of Sale, the whole of the MACHINERY of the above Mills, comprising;— Three capital 240-SPINDLE MULES, by [[Edmund Leach and Sons|Leach and Sons]], of Rochdale. Two sets of ENGINES and CONDENSERS, with Apperly’s Patent Feeds. Four narrow WEAVING LOOMS, by Haley. Three capital CUTTERS (narrow size), 2 capital FULLERS, Steam Brush, double iron Screw Press and Papers, iron Tank, Warping Bar and Stand, 30-Skein Reel, Bale Wool, QUANTITY CLOTH, consisting of Tweeds, &c., Scales and Weights, Oil Tank and Tin, Stove and Pipe, quantity of Tins, Grinding Stand, several Yarn Gaskets, quantity of Teazles, pair of Trucks, Wheelbarrow. Casting-net, sundry old iron, quantity of Waste, and numerous other Effects. <br>Auction and Estate Agency Office, Market Place, Frome.'  <ref>Wiltshire Times and Trowbridge Advertiser - Saturday 17 May 1879 </ref>
1879 Sale Notice:  'ROCKABELLA CLOTH MILLS, ROAD, SOMERSET. <br>SALE of MACHINERY, PLANT, Quantity of CLOTH, WOOL, YARN, and other Effects. <br>MR. HORNSEY announces instructions to SELL by AUCTION, on the Premises, Rockabella Mills, Road, aforesaid, on TUESDAY, May the 20tb, 1870, Twelve o’clock, under Bill of Sale, the whole of the MACHINERY of the above Mills, comprising;— Three capital 240-SPINDLE MULES, by [[Edmund Leach and Sons|Leach and Sons]], of Rochdale. Two sets of ENGINES and CONDENSERS, with Apperly’s Patent Feeds. Four narrow WEAVING LOOMS, by Haley. Three capital CUTTERS (narrow size), 2 capital FULLERS, Steam Brush, double iron Screw Press and Papers, iron Tank, Warping Bar and Stand, 30-Skein Reel, Bale Wool, QUANTITY CLOTH, consisting of Tweeds, &c., Scales and Weights, Oil Tank and Tin, Stove and Pipe, quantity of Tins, Grinding Stand, several Yarn Gaskets, quantity of Teazles, pair of Trucks, Wheelbarrow. Casting-net, sundry old iron, quantity of Waste, and numerous other Effects. <br>Auction and Estate Agency Office, Market Place, Frome.'  <ref>Wiltshire Times and Trowbridge Advertiser - Saturday 17 May 1879 </ref>
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== Sources of Information ==
== Sources of Information ==
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Wiltshire & Somerset Woollen Mills by Kenneth Rogers, Pasold Research Fund Ltd, 1976
* Wiltshire & Somerset Woollen Mills by Kenneth Rogers, Pasold Research Fund Ltd, 1976


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Latest revision as of 07:52, 18 April 2023

Rockabella Cloth Mills, Rode, Somerset.

c.1795 Established by Jonathan Noad, who rented the property from Samuel Norman.

1830 Factory offered to be let, with a newly-erected 14 HP Boulton and Watt engine.[1]

1838 Let to Samuel Evans.

1858 Mill in ruins. However.....

1879 Sale Notice: 'ROCKABELLA CLOTH MILLS, ROAD, SOMERSET.
SALE of MACHINERY, PLANT, Quantity of CLOTH, WOOL, YARN, and other Effects.
MR. HORNSEY announces instructions to SELL by AUCTION, on the Premises, Rockabella Mills, Road, aforesaid, on TUESDAY, May the 20tb, 1870, Twelve o’clock, under Bill of Sale, the whole of the MACHINERY of the above Mills, comprising;— Three capital 240-SPINDLE MULES, by Leach and Sons, of Rochdale. Two sets of ENGINES and CONDENSERS, with Apperly’s Patent Feeds. Four narrow WEAVING LOOMS, by Haley. Three capital CUTTERS (narrow size), 2 capital FULLERS, Steam Brush, double iron Screw Press and Papers, iron Tank, Warping Bar and Stand, 30-Skein Reel, Bale Wool, QUANTITY CLOTH, consisting of Tweeds, &c., Scales and Weights, Oil Tank and Tin, Stove and Pipe, quantity of Tins, Grinding Stand, several Yarn Gaskets, quantity of Teazles, pair of Trucks, Wheelbarrow. Casting-net, sundry old iron, quantity of Waste, and numerous other Effects.
Auction and Estate Agency Office, Market Place, Frome.' [2]

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Sources of Information

  1. Salisbury and Winchester Journal, 1 March 1830
  2. Wiltshire Times and Trowbridge Advertiser - Saturday 17 May 1879
  • Wiltshire & Somerset Woollen Mills by Kenneth Rogers, Pasold Research Fund Ltd, 1976