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Taken from Brooke's Mills at Armitage Bridge. Castle Hill is on the skyline.
©Christine Johnstone
On the Brooke's Mill site, these were once mill-workers' houses.
©Christine Johnstone
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©Betty Longbottom
Dist:0.1km<br/>The actual bridge which gives the area its name.
©John Illingworth
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Dist:0.1km<br/>The flats on the skyline are at Berry Brow.
©Christine Johnstone
Dist:0.1km<br/>Sorry, lousy picture. A very large textile mill complex that is on the front cover of Giles & Goodall, Yorkshire Textile Mills 1770-1930. The book is a must have if this is your thing. The detached chimney is part of the same complex, long disused and in the middle of a wood. The site had two Gunter water turbines and might still be generating with them (green). There was also a Belliss & Morcom steam engine - probably gone for 20 years. This is Brooke's Mill - one of the longest running family owned businesses in the UK. The mill has been in the same family and run as a business since 1541. It is currently a business park, film studio (Where the heart is) and art gallery (The North Light Gallery), incorporating a dance school, art school and conference/venue hire. The water turbines are in the process of being renovated with a view to supplying the site's energy needs and the entire mill is being sympathetically restored using sustainable resources and ethical building practices. In the long-term, the plan is to introduce a sculpture trail to the surrounding woodlands.
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©Betty Longbottom
Dist:0.1km<br/>Two 75 horsepower Francis type water turbines by W Gunther & Sons, Oldham. Believed to have been installed in 1905 and remain in use exporting to the grid. In the background one can make out part of a large Belliss & Morcom steam engine, now scrapped.
©Chris Allen
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©Betty Longbottom
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©Betty Longbottom
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©Humphrey Bolton
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©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.1km<br/>Built in 1848 for John Brooke & Sons, the owners of the adjacent mills (Nikolaus Pevsner, Buildings of England). The clerestory is modern, rebuilt after the church was damaged by a fire.
©Humphrey Bolton

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