Robin Hood Mills (Bolton)
| Locality | |
|---|---|
| Coordinate | 53.568085, -2.427578 |
| Adm. div. | Lancashire |
| Vicinity | Lever Street, Bolton (building at S corner of Lever and Snipe streets) |
| Type | Establishment |
| Interest | Robin Hood name |
| Status | Defunct |
| First Record | 1836 |
| A.k.a. | Robin Hood Mill |
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2022-04-17. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2022-04-18.
Apparently in business by 1836, Robin Hood Mills were a cotton spinning mill located on the south corner of Lever and Snipe streets in Bolton, Lancashire. Its last domicile survives and is now home to other businesses.
According to a guide to the industrial archaeology of the Greater Manchester area, published in 2002, the spinning mill figures on a map of the area published in 1882.[1] The original building was destroyed by fire in 1862. Its first successor burnt down less than twenty years later. The third and still existing building was built by A.H. Stoss & Sons for Peter Crook and Son in 1882.[2] The name 'Robin Hood Mills' can still be seen on the front of this building. The mills figure as 'Robin Hood Mill' in an 1891 directory of Bolton.[3]
Across the street were the recently closed Little John and the Robin Hood, which closed already in 1933.
Gazetteers
- Not included in Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), pp. 293-311
- Grace's Guide To British Industrial History: Robin Hood Mill, Bolton.
Sources
- Lost Pubs Of Bolton: Robin Hood/Old Robin Hood, 174-178 Lever Street
- Architects of Greater Manchester 1800–1940: Robin Hood Mills, Lever Street, Bolton.
- McNeil, Robina; Nevell, Michael. A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Greater Manchester ([Manchester], © 2000), p. 19.
Maps
- 25" O.S. map Lancashire XCV.1 (1895; surveyed 1889–90)
- 25" O.S. map Lancashire XCV.1 (1910; rev. 1907) (georeferenced)
- 25" O.S. map Lancashire XCV.1 (1910; rev. 1907–08)
- 25" O.S. map Lancashire XCV.1 (1929; rev. 1927)
- 25" O.S. map Lancashire XCV.1 (1939; rev. 1937)
- 6" O.S. map Lancashire XCV (1850; surveyed 1844–46)
- 6" O.S. map Lancashire XCV.NW (1894; surveyed 1889–91)
- 6" O.S. map Lancashire XCV.NW (1911; rev. 1907–08) (georeferenced)
- 6" O.S. map Lancashire XCV.NW (1911; rev. 1907–08)
- 6" O.S. map Lancashire XCV.NW (1930; rev. 1927)
- 6" O.S. map Lancashire XCV.NW (c. 1933; rev. 1927)
- 6" O.S. map Lancashire XCV.NW (1947; rev. 1938).
Also see
Notes
- ↑ McNeil, Robina; Nevell, Michael. A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Greater Manchester ([Manchester], © 2000), p. 19.
- ↑ Lost Pubs Of Bolton: Robin Hood/Old Robin Hood, 174-178 Lever Street; Architects of Greater Manchester 1800–1940: Robin Hood Mills, Lever Street, Bolton.
- ↑ Grace's Guide To British Industrial History: Robin Hood Mill, Bolton.
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Robin Hood Mills, Bolton / Chris Allen, 6 Apr. 2014, Creative Commons, via Geograph.
Robin Hood Mills / Alan Murray-Rust, 21 Aug. 2012, Creative Commons, via Geograph.
Robin Hood Mills viewed from Grecian Street / Alan Murray-Rust, 21 Aug. 2012, Creative Commons, via Geograph.
Robin Hood Mills, Lever Street, Bolton / Chris Allen, 6 Apr. 2014, Creative Commons, via Geograph.
The former Robin Hood Mills, Bolton / Google Earth Street View.
Another view of the former Robin Hood Mills, Bolton / Google Earth Street View.
