Map 1700 -1890 Industry
- The MILLS menu shows photos and descriptions of some mills.
Cockermouth Industries from 1700
1 Site of early weaving shops, kiln etc pre 1700
2 Derwent Flax Thread Mill built 1834
3 Graves Woollen Mill c 1820
4 John Robinson’s Hat Manufactory
5 Jos. Wharton’s Linen Thread Mill, built 1820
6 Jos. Wharton’s Chair Manufactory
7 Mangle Roller Mill
8 Churn Mill
9 Jos. Sim’s Dye Works (earlier centre)
10 Castle Tannery
11 Noble’s Iron Foundry
12 ‘Old Brewery’ Windmill
13 Old Brewery
13a Old Brewery Tannery
14 John Stoddart’s Cotton Manufactory, (re?)built 1800
15 Banks Woolen Manufactory c 1770
16 Wilson’s Hat Manufactory
17 Jos Sanderson’s Woolen Manufactory
18 Richard Smith’s Croft Mills (Cotton)
19 Steel’s Woollen Manufactory
20 Barns’ Woollen Manufactory 1784
21 Jn Cowx Linen Manufactory
22 Edw Sancton’s Woollen Manufactory
23 Wm Sanderson’s Woollen Manufactory
24 Abraham Robinson’s Linen Manufactory
25 Wm Stoddart’s Woollen Manufactory
26 Wm Stamper’s Weaving Shops were demolished to make way for Christ Church
Not included on the map are:
A spade forge
Two bobbin mills
Seven water corn mills
Three windmills
One paper mill
Three flax mills
Four large woollen mills
Two cotton mills
One dye works
Three bleach mills
Two rope-works
Five tanneries
One brewery
One skinnery
One tweed mill
The MILLS menu shows photos and descriptions for most of the mills shown on this map.
