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Description: | Undated. A view of Gillroyd Mills, Wide Lane, Morley, from close to the end of Topcliffe Lane. Only from this angle can the full extent of the factory be gauged. Three and four storey blocks of red brick close to the chimney were used for the willeying, blending, carding, scribbling and spinning processes. The dyeing was done close to the large water storage tank near the base of the chimney. The huge weaving shed (behind the head of Mr. D. J. Sharpe, for long history master at Morley High School) is of an unusual design for a textile factory but held almost 200 looms. Behind the factory along Wide Lane was a long row of houses known as Gillroyd Row where many of the workers lived. John Hartley, the owner, also built his house, The Knowle, very close to the mill. Some workers used to walk from Middleton. Photograph from the David Atkinson Archive. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Wide Lane Gillroyd Row Gillroyd Mill chimney bicycle | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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