Bollen [Bollin] Mills, Wilmslow - Does anyone know where in Wilmslow?

[millymcb]

SK9 1BN on old-maps pretty well hits the spot (just north of Bollin Walk), though on the equivalent 1874 1:2500 it's called 'Wilmslow Mill (Corn)'; 1898 just 'Corn Mill'. See also Cheshire e-maps: Bollin Fee plot 1572.
Further east of the mill is the railway viaduct, and beyond that Bollin Hall.
Postscript. I've ferreted a bit further. Seems this was a 19th-cent mill (though possibly on the site of a medieval corn mill). Does that fit in with the Roylance lease??
 

I think you could be right about it being an old corn mill at that time - and then later on it was redeveloped as (possibly) a silk or cotton mill of some kind.

Also -there is some interesting background about Wilmslow in this educational pack about nearby Quarry Bank Mill and the Styal estate
http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/gcse_resources_pack_final.pdf

Milly

[hanes teulu]

Great stuff Milly/Birtle
Re " redeveloped as (possibly) a silk or cotton mill....."

History, Gazetteer of Cheshire 1850
Wilmslow
The cotton mill had been closed for a few months when we visited Wilmslow. A short distance West from the Church, and on the banks of the Bollin, is a mill for throwing silk, carried on by Mr Charles Barber.

The 1851 Census (HO107 2162 51 36) has a Charles Barber, Silk Throwster, lodging at 2 Manchester Road

A fascinating post
regards

[millymcb]

There were apparently some brick making works in the area (sorry can't remember where I read that) which grew when there was lots of expansion of industry, building new mills etc - perhaps the kiln was for making bricks.

Milly

[kimhulme]

It was not unusual for corn mills  to have drying kilns for grain. Perforated clay  tiles  (holes small enough to stop grain falling through of course) were used. This one is about 300mm square at Swaddlincote Museum.
On Hazel Grove forum are pictures of the excavated corn mill at Norbury (part of HG) showing where kiln was. (say about 6 months ago) Mill leet came from near level crossing at High Lane.

KimH

[kimhulme]

Sorry. Just checked. Unless you can log on to the Hazel Grove forum you cannot have access to the pictures of the corn mill kiln.
KimH

[millymcb]

Kilns for drying corn would make more sense in a corn mill of course

Milly

[kimhulme]

I'd be interested in learning just where the brickmaking took place near the place in question. There were a lot  of brickworks in Stockport and the surrounding areas. Potts'  had a small one at Alderley Edge and Bradley's made bricks, drain tiles and plant pots at Mobberley.

KimH

[Ray T]

Now there's a thing! My G Grandfather lived in the middle of Wilmslow and, according to the 1901, he was a "Brickmakers Labourer". Maybe bit short lived. In 1891 he lived in Mobberley and by 1911 the family had moved to Cheadle.

[kimhulme]

The larger brickworks (more permanent) were at the Cheadle side of Stockport so perhaps your ancestor progresed to a moulder or a  kiln setter.  A ' burner'   was a very skilled position because the ultimate quality of the bricks depended upon the firing. Incidentally burners were often poached  by new companies setting up smaller brickworks.
KimH