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Sion Mills - Links
« on: Thursday 27 March 08 05:56 UTC (UK) »
Herdman's Mill was founded in in the village of Sion Mills in 1835. It was established by the Herdman brothers in partnership with members of the Mulholland family.  The Civil Survey of 1640 mentions a mill in this area. James Herdman lived at Carricklee House which is still standing and is a country house B & B. In the early 1900s there were race meetings at Carricklee which were recorded by Herbert Cooper who had a photography business in Strabane.

Sion Mills, at the end of the nineteenth century, had two hundred mill workers' houses and Sion House which belonged to a member of the Herdman family. In the 1960s the workers were able to purchase their houses. Herdman's Mill was one of the properties entered in the BBC Restoration programme a couple of years ago. 

The website of the Sion Mills Buildings Preservation Trust has articles about the Herdman family, the History of the Mills and also has a Forum where people can share memories of working in Herdmans Mill or other similar mills.
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