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Remains of the gas plant, chimney, wheel pit and mill race of Dolphinholme Worsted Mill is a scheduled ancient monument comprising the industrial infrastructure of a nineteenth-century textile manufacturing facility located in Lancashire. The site preserves substantial evidence of the mill's mechanical and energy systems, including a substantial chimney, the pit that housed the water wheel essential to powering the worsted production, and the mill race that channelled water to drive that wheel. The gas plant represents the later modernisation of the mill, reflecting the adoption of gas lighting and potentially gas-powered machinery during the Victorian industrial period. These remains document the technological and infrastructural developments of worsted textile production during the height of Lancashire's dominance in the British textile industry.
Remains of the gas plant, chimney, wheel pit and mill race of Dolphinholme Worsted Mill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1466557. View the official record →
Remains of the gas plant, chimney, wheel pit and mill race of Dolphinholme Worsted Mill is a scheduled ancient monument comprising the industrial infrastructure of a nineteenth-century textile manufacturing facility located in Lancashire.
Remains of the gas plant, chimney, wheel pit and mill race of Dolphinholme Worsted 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 1466557.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Castle Hill motte, Dolphinholme (0.3 km), Roman kilns 25yds (20m) NE of Fairyhill Cottage (6 km), Greenhalgh Castle, cultivation terraces south east of the castle, and site of Greenhalgh manor house (8.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Remains of the gas plant, chimney, wheel pit and mill race of Dolphinholme Worsted Mill's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Remains of the gas plant, chimney, wheel pit and mill race of Dolphinholme Worsted Mill stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.