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Ellenroad Ring Mill

England
List entry 1001958
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1001958
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.3 hectares
Grid reference
SD 93026 11634
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Ellenroad Ring Mill is a Grade II listed cotton mill located in Oldham, Greater Manchester (formerly Lancashire), dating from the 1830s. The mill is distinguished by its substantial stone construction and its characteristic ring spinning frame design, which represented an important development in nineteenth-century textile manufacturing technology. The building exemplifies the industrial architecture of the Lancashire cotton industry during its period of expansion and technological innovation. The mill remains significant as a physical testament to the mechanised production methods that transformed textile manufacture in the region during the Industrial Revolution.

Ellenroad Ring Mill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1001958. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Ellenroad Ring Mill?

Ellenroad Ring Mill is a Grade II listed cotton mill located in Oldham, Greater Manchester (formerly Lancashire), dating from the 1830s. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1001958.

Who is responsible for protecting Ellenroad Ring Mill?

Ellenroad Ring Mill is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1001958.

What other scheduled monuments are near Ellenroad Ring Mill?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including March Barn Bridge, Rochdale Canal (4.4 km), Bowl barrow 190m NNE of Knarr Barn (6.5 km), Blackstone Edge Roman road See also GREATER MANCHESTER 5 (7.6 km).

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Battlefields
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Roman Britain
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Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

March Barn Bridge, Rochdale Canal
4.4 km
Bowl barrow 190m NNE of Knarr Barn
6.5 km
Blackstone Edge Roman road See also GREATER MANCHESTER 5
7.6 km
Blackstone Edge Roman road See also WEST YORKSHIRE 32
7.6 km
Wayside cross located on Slate Pit Hill
8.5 km
Buckton Castle: a ringwork and site of 17th century beacon 350m north east of Castle Farm
11.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Ellenroad Ring Mill

Ellenroad Ring Mill stands on Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Lower Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.

Domesday entry for Rochdale, Cheshire →
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