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shed; as of 2017, it is currently being catalogued, preserved and developed. As of 2020, the archive is open to members of the public one day a week. The business records provide information about who worked at the mill and their occupations. The archive was awarded
Archive Community Accreditation by
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In addition to artist studios and artist residency spaces, there are several exhibition venues at the Mills. Exhibitions of work for sale in the gallery and shop space last around six weeks. There is an exhibition of art students' work yearly. The gallery is part of the national "Own Art" scheme. It
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In 2008, the Gaunt family sold the textile business but kept the mill buildings. Cousins
William and John Gaunt formed Edwin Woodhouse to run the mill. The family then began an extensive restoration project which involved providing premises for a range of businesses - numbering over 70 and employing
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in 1871; after purchasing Sunny Bank Mills he set up a limited company E. Woodhouse and Co. Woodhouse introduced fine worsted cloth manufacture and very quickly established the factory as a high-quality producer. By 1900, it was one of the biggest textile manufacturers in Leeds, producing fine cloth
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In 2017, a not-for-profit company was set up to safeguard the textile archive, overseeing the management, restoration, conservation and promotion of the archive. In 2020, "Project
Boilerhouse" was launched to develop further areas of the 10 acres of land. The Weavers' Yard project was completed in
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mill, known as The
Farsley Club Mill. By 1839, the mill was known as Sunny Bank Mills and run by the firm of Roberts, Ross & Co. In 1842, the mill was one of several local mills shut down temporarily by rioters. In 1881, the mill was sold to Edwin Woodhouse for £9,540, comprising two mills,
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weaving sheds, outbuildings, several houses, three reservoirs and land. Woodhouse had worked his way up as an apprentice to a woollen manufacturer, and later a travelling salesman, starting his own business in
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November 2020 by CBM Construction and KPP architects. The oldest buildings on the site, dating to 1829, were restored and five-thousand square feet of green space was created.
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January 2021. A highlight is the collection of Guard books: reference books detailing cloth production from 1829 till 2008 by year and season, with order references.
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of E. Woodhouse and Co. and took over Sunny Bank with controlling interest. William Gaunt had become a multi-millionaire but had lost a lot of money in the
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