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Image shows cottages on the left situated in Gill Lane, and on the right, an old mill, Lower Gill Mill, believed to date from the early 17th century. It was one of three mills situated on Gill Lane: the larger one, Gill Mill, was a woollen mill while the Upper and Lower Gill Mills were corn mills. Both Gill Mill and Upper Gill Mill had gone by 1908 but Lower Gill Mill, though disused by 1908, remained until the Second World War. The cottages in the picture are still there, now one cottage. Useful informationn about the larger Gill Mill, at the time operated by Samuel Bentley & Co, can be found in an 1834 questionnaire issued to mill owners by the Commissioners for the North-Eastern District. The mill employed 21 persons of whom 5 were under 10 years of age. It was powered by both steam and water supplied by a stream from springs in Yeadon. Workers worked from 6.00am until 7.00pm with half hour breaks for breakfast and tea and an hour for lunch. There was no holiday or sickness pay. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Yeadon Gill cottage Lower Gill Mill Gill Lane Gill Mill | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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