Greenholme Mills Textiles 1790-1968
Iron Row, Burley in Wharfedale
Greenholme - details the history of the site & technical information about the mills, weir, stepping stones etc.
Partners & Directors of the mills from their foundation in 1790 to their dissolution in 1968.
1790 to 1848 - Various partnerships involving Jonas Whitaker. The textile mills produced cotton products for home & overseas markets.
1850 to 1968 - William Fison & Co. Ltd., converted the cotton mills to worsted manufacture.
(Fison Family of East Anglia & Bradford - origin of Wm. Fison & Co Ltd.)
Greenholme Mills. 1922 Poster image courtesy of Grace's Guide to British Industrial History
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Greenholme Mills. 1922 Poster image courtesy of Grace's Guide to British Industrial History
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The Cockatoo Co., Greenholme Mills, Iron Row, Burley in Wharfedale. Image courtesy of Burley Archive.
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The Wharfedale Fancy Knitting Wool Co., Greenholme Mills, Iron Row, Burley in Wharfedale.
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The Wharfedale Fancy Knitting Wool Co., Advert for Cockatoo Wools - 1891. Image courtesy of Irish Society & the BNA.
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