Hunslet Mill

The Hunslet Mill and Victoria Works Complex is a series of very large disused mill buildings in Goodman Street in Leeds.

Hunslet Mill (on the right adjacent to the river) and Victoria Works (on the left behind Hunslet Mill)

History

Hunslet Mill was constructed by William Fairbairn for John Wilkinson and completed circa 1842.[1] By 1847 some 1,500 female staff were employed in the mill reeling flax.[1] It was occupied by a firm of linen manufacturers called Richard Buckton and Son[2] from 1868[3] and then by a firm of blanket weavers called Dodgson and Hargreaves from the mid-1920s[4] until it closed in 1966.[5][6]

Victoria Works was constructed for W B Holdsworth and was completed in 1838.[1] It was occupied by a tailoring company called Botterill & Senior from the 1930s[4] and later was owned by a firm of ironmongers called R H Bruce[7] before they moved out in the early 1970s.[8]

The complex, which is currently derelict, is now owned by developers Evans and Caddick.[9]

References

1. "Hunslet Mill and Victoria Works Complex" (PDF). Retrieved 27 October 2012.
2. "Frederick Ernest Buckton". Retrieved 27 October 2012.
3. "Hunslet mills". Retrieved 27 October 2012.
4. "Hunslet Mill". Retrieved 27 October 2012.
5. "Barriers to entry". Retrieved 27 October 2012.
6. "No. 44160". The London Gazette. 1 November 1966. p. 11837.
7. "Atkinson Street, Victoria Mill". Leodis. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
8. "Derelict Buildings in Leeds". Retrieved 27 October 2012.
9. "Hunslet Mill from Yarn Street". Leodis. Retrieved 27 October 2012.