Joshua Hoyle Mill, Brooksbottom, Summerseat, Lancashire

Joshua Hoyle Mill – Grade 2 listed.
Brooksbottoms Mill was taken over by Joshua Hoyle & Sons, which he closed and re-built it in sandstone from the Wild’s Delph Quarry at nearby Edenfield.
1876 – The new mill started operations with a work force of 900.
1891 Cotton Spinners & Manufacturers Directory - Joshua Hoyle & Sons, Limited, Plantation, India and Beech Mills, Bacup; and Brooksbottoms Mill, Summerseat; 101,000 spindles, 3,000 looms; and at Freeholds Mill, Shawforth ; Manchester warehouse 41, Mosley street. Pay day last Wednesday, at the registered office India Mill, Bacup.
1930s - By this time there were around 690 people working at Brooksbottoms Mill, some of whom were three generations of the same family, and Hoyles provided many facilities for its workers including a surgery, subsidised canteen, a nursery for 50 children, a school for older children to enable their mothers to work during the school holidays and coach transport for non-local workers.
1987 – Converted into apartments called “The Spinnings”. Plaque installed “1876 – 1987 The Spinnings”.
For more information on Ramsbottom and how to join the RHS:
www.ramsbottomheritage.org.uk