"Dockno Hall Mills" Kendal

[Ayashi]

I have just opened an 1842 death certificate wherein the informant, my 4xgt grandfather, gives his address as what appears to be "Dockno Hall Mills", Kendal. A quick google search does not come up with anything. I know this has to be a cotton mill or some such.

Anyone have any idea about it?

Thanks 

[mazi]

Dockray hall mill is shewn on old maps, on a modern map it is just north of Kendal at the point where thr railway to Windermere and the river Kent cross.

Sorry I cannot do a link to the old map on my tablet.

Mike

Edit:  it is shewn as a woollen mill

[Trishanne]

Could it be Dockray Hall mill, which was on the River Kent in Kendal, now an industrial estate. There were several mill cottages there too.  One site says it was a water mill another says a woollen mill, originally a big house.

[Ayashi]

Thanks both. The word definitely doesn't say "Dockray" but could easily be in error. George was variously described as "overseer in woollen mill" and "master of the power looms" etc.

-Edit: Just realised on the 1841, George's address was written on census as "Docker Hall Row"

[Trishanne]

1st of all there were 12 woollen mills in the Kendal area, so hard to pin one down.
There is a village of Docker near Kendal, so there could have been a mill there. There is also a Docker Hall in Docker, this is a farm.
As I originally stated Dockray Hall Mill was a woollen mill.

Just to stop any confusion there is also a Docker Park farm and a Docker Hall farm in a nearby village of Arkholme, but I think this is the wrong area.

[fifer1947]

Dockray Hall Mill pic and some historical info.

http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/11382382.Kendal_names_conjure_up_a_fascinating_history/

[fifer1947]

I have just opened an 1842 death certificate wherein the informant, my 4xgt grandfather, gives his address as what appears to be "Dockno Hall Mills", Kendal. A quick google search does not come up with anything. I know this has to be a cotton mill or some such.

Anyone have any idea about it?

Thanks 

What is his occupation in 1841?

[Ayashi]

What is his occupation in 1841?

Weaver. On 1851 he is "manager of the power looms" in Highgate, Kendal.

That's a pain Trishanne lol. The certificate does say Kendal and the 1841 census specifies "township" of Kendal as well as Parish of Kendal.

[mazi]

here is a link to the 1853 map of Kendal, others more experienced than me will tell you the boundaries of Kendal township in the census

          http://maps.nls.uk/view/102347904

mike