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Historic England, "Darley Abbey Mills (North complex), Building to north west of site, known as Fire Station and Building to the east, Darley Abbey (1067811)", National Heritage List for England Historic England, "1–5 Poplar Row, Darley Abbey (1279316)" , National Heritage List for England , retrieved 23 January 2023
Darley Abbey is a former historic mill village, now a suburb of the city of Derby, in the ceremonial county of Derbyshire, England.It is located approximately 1.4 miles (2.3 km) north of the city centre, on the west bank of the River Derwent, and forms part of the Darley ward along with Little Chester and the West End.
Long Mill was built in 1782, operational in 1788, then burnt down in 1789 and was rebuilt in 1790. The top floor was used as a schoolroom for their child workers. It connects to West Mill (1821), Middle Mill (1804–05) and East Mill (1811). Separate is a Gassing Shed (1862) where the thread was singed, and the North Mill (1835). The free ...
Darley Abbey Mills (north complex) North Mill and engine house and boiler house Darley Abbey: Mill buildings: c. 1825: 13 February 1967
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Jedediah Strutt, who was Arkwright's partner in the first Cromford Mill, built mills at Belper and Milford in 1776–1781. [8] Thomas Evans, a landowner in Darley Abbey, bought a further 7.1 ha (18 acres) in the area around Darley Abbey at a cost of £1,140 (£180,000) [10] and in 1782 built a cotton mill in the village. [11]
It's been one year since the Star of the West mill complex suffered extensive fire damage. The cause of the fire could not be determined.
They were: South Mill, the first, 1775; North Mill, 1784, which was destroyed by fire on 12 January 1803 and then rebuilt, starting work again at the end of 1804; West Mill, 1792, commenced working 1796; Reeling Mill, 1897; Round Mill, which took 10 years to build, from 1803 to 1813, and commenced working in 1816; and Milford Mills, 1778.