Mills Demolished or Burned Down in Oldham
| Name | Architect | Location | Built | Demolished | Served (Years) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acorn Mill | Lees (now housing) | ||||
| Albert Mills | Derker (demolished in 2009/10 for Housing Market Renewal) | ||||
| Bank Top Mill | Salem (now housing) | ||||
| Brook | Hathershaw (demolished in 2010 for academy) | ||||
| Cromford Mill | Derker (Housing Market Renewal) | ||||
| Derker Mills | Derker (Industrial, Glyn Webb/Ferranti) | ||||
| Dowry Mill | Lees/Waterhead (Turner St) | ||||
| Elk Mill | Royton (now a retail park) | 1926 | 1999 | 48 | |
| Notes: Elk Mill, on the Chadderton-Royton boundary, in Greater Manchester, England. The last mill to be built in Lancashire during the recession of 1926 and driven by a Parsons steam turbine that drove the mill by ropes and the neighbouring Shiloh Mills by electricity. It used cotton mules until 1974. Scrapped in 1983. Closed in 1998. Demolished in 1999. | |||||
| Fox Mill | Hollins (now housing) | ||||
| Gem Mill | Fields New Road, Chadderton | 1901 | 2008 | 36 | |
| Notes: Ceased spinning cotton in 1937. Taken over by the Ferranti company during WWII to manufacture radio valves and then semiconductor devices. Demolished in 2008 to make way for housing. | |||||
| Glen Mill | Wellyhole St | 1903 | 1970 | 35 | |
| Notes: Ceased spinning cotton in 1938 and was then used as prisoner of war camp until 1947. | |||||
| Granville Mill | Derker (fire) | ||||
| Greenacres Mill | Littlemoor (Now Littlemoor junior school) | ||||
| Greenbank Mills | Glodwick Road/Greengate Street (closed 1956) | ||||
| Gresham Mill | Westwood (fire) | ||||
| Holroyd Mill | Waterhead (Replaced with Orb) | ||||
| Holyrood Mill | Higginshaw (fire in 1961) | ||||
| Kent Mill | Chadderton | ||||
| Lowerhey Mill | Lees (Hey Junior school) | ||||
| Maple 2 | Hathershaw (fire in 2009) | ||||
| Notes: | |||||
| Mona | P.S.Stott | Chadderton SD906043 53°32′06″N 2°08′35″W / 53.535°N 2.143°W / 53.535; -2.143 ("Mona") | 1905 | **** | 54 |
| Notes: Spindleage: (1915) 90,456 Platts. Engine:George Saxon.1400hp. | |||||
| Monarch Mill | Royton (now housing) | ||||
| Orb Mill | Waterhead (Site now used for Waterhead Academy). | ||||
| Owl Mill | Lees (now housing) | ||||
| Park Mill | Royton (now housing) | ||||
| Prince of Wales Mill | Derker (industrial units) | ||||
| Rome Mill | Springhead Lees (now housing) | ||||
| Ruby Mill | Littlemoor (Part of littlemoor estate) | ||||
| Sandy Mill | Royton (now housing) | ||||
| Notes: | |||||
| Springhey Mill | Waterhead (to be housing?) | ||||
| Tay Mill | Higginshaw | ||||
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