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Foxsons Mill, Staincliffe

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The industry peaked in 1912 when it produced 8 billion yards of cloth. The great war of 1914- 1918 halted the supply of raw cotton, and the British government encouraged its colonies to build mills to spin and weave cotton. The war over, Lancashire never regained its markets. The independent mills
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in 1929 to attempt to rationalise and save the industry. Foxsons Mill, Staincliffe was one of 104 mills bought by the LCC, and one of the 53 mills that survived through to 1950.
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sole mill in West Yorkshire. A doubling mill, it doubled yarns of counts 4's to 40's. built in It was taken over by the
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Amalgamated Association of Beamers, Twisters and Drawers (Hand and Machine)
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The mills and organisation of the Lancashire Cotton Corporation Limited
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in 1964. The mill was demolished in 1973, and the land is now housing.
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Foxson's mill was on the Halifax road out of Staincliffe.
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Textile mills owned by the Lancashire Cotton Corporation
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Geologically, the town is situated on rock dated to the
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North East Lancashire Amalgamated Weavers' Association
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Demolished buildings and structures in West Yorkshire
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lies 13 km (8.1 mi) to the south west, and
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Amalgamated Association of Operative Cotton Spinners
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Foxsons Mill, Staincliffe is located in West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
Cotton
Doubling mill
Staincliffe, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
Lancashire Cotton Corporation
Courtaulds
Coordinates
53°42′15″N 1°38′56″W / 53.7043°N 1.6489°W / 53.7043; -1.6489
F. W. Dixon
doubling mill
Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
Lancashire Cotton Corporation
Lancashire Cotton Corporation
Courtaulds
West Yorkshire Urban Area
Halifax
Leeds
Bradford
Huddersfield
Wakefield
Carboniferous Period
coal measures
gritstones
Quaternary Period
glacial deposits
gravels
Calder Valley
Coal

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