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Description: | 27th April 1960
View of Bywater Row at the junction with Broad Lane. These are through-by-light dwellings seen here from the rear. The end property on the left is numbered 203 Broad Lane. The entrance to the Black Lion Public House is situated right. At the left of the background, part of Wellington Mills is visible with its 50 yard high chimney once nick named 'The Duke'. Woollen and worsted manufacturer, W.E. Yates Ltd, were in business here from as far back as 1882 and had a world wide reputation with agencies in 26 countries in the 1930s. The original mill sited here was burned down in May 1889, and it was rebuilt on five storeys. The founder of the mill, W.E. Yates, died in 1896 and the business was continued by James Yates. By the thirties, W.E. Yates and A. Yates, both grandsons of the mill's founder were looking after the business. Wellington Mills is addressed as 197 Broad Lane. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Bywater Row Wellington Mills Broad Lane | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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