House built in 1830 for Joseph Brooke and his wife Anne, daughter of Arthur Swindells of Pott Hall
Categories: Industry
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Coe’s Shop, Water Street
Left to right:
Mother-in-law of William Coe Snr
Florie Coe (daughter of William Coe Snr)
William Coe
William Coe Snr’s second wife -
Coe’s Workshop, Market Place
Harold Coe with dog in workshop doorway
Eldest son
Kept ladders, handcarts and vans in square under the arched building in the Market Place. -
View across Bollington
View from the footpath beyond the end of Cow Lane. Note, from left, Beeston quarry with Oak Bank mill chimney on hill top; St John’s (Anglican) church; the roof top and chimneys of Oak Bank House on the hillside among the trees; bottom left, the cottage that stood where the entrance to Tullis Russell is today by the river bridge at the end of Church Street; Higher mills at the near end of Church Street; middle right, Lowther Street school, and above and to the right, St Gregory’s (Catholic) church. The Nab is the hill in the background, with quarries on its lower slopes.
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Waterhouse mill
The first mill on this site was erected in c.1790. This was replaced after a fire in 1800. That mill, which became locally known as Olivers mill, due to being owned by that family, was added to and enlarged over the years until spinning ended in 1962. The mill closed and was demolished. It was replaced by what was then a modern factory making foam blocks for use in aircraft seats among many other purposes. During its cotton spinning days Waterhouse mill is said to have produced the finest (thinest) thread in the world and this was sold especially to fine lace makers including those in Nottingham and Brussels. In 2012 the Kay Metzeller factory was closed and demolished and over the subsequent three years the present housing estate was built.
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Fishing at Gigg Mill weir
This is Gigg mill weir. It is located on the river Dane about a mile below Wincle. It can only be accessed via public footpaths, the nearest road being half a mile away. The weir has been re-built in modern times. On the far bank, where the trees are in the picture, there used to be a paper making mill.
