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Description: | 18th November 1999.
Image shows the Grade II listed, brick-built Hunslet Mill, taken from the junction of Yarn Street, foreground, right, with Goodman Street. They were built in 1838 by William Fairbairn, who also designed Armley Mills and Salts Mill at Saltaire. The first owner of Hunslet Mill was John Wilkinson who by 1847 was employing 1500 female flax reelers. It was the last and the largest of the flax-spinning mills to be built in Leeds throughout that period. Demolition of the west range took place in 1986. On the River Aire side there are 25 bays to the huge mill and 3 bays fronting Goodman Street. The first phases of a new, mixed residential complex ('h2010', by Miller Homes) have been completed on a site opposite the Goodman Street side of Hunslet Mill in the Yarn Street area, so it is hoped that the old, Grade II listed mill will eventually be renovated as part of the redevelopment of the riverside area. The mill buildings are currently owned by Evans and Caddick. (Information from the Civic Trust) | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | listed Yarn Street Hunslet Mill Goodman Street River Aire | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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