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    Vernon Mill is a former cotton spinning mill in Portwood, Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. Built in 1881, it was taken over by the Lancashire Cotton...
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    Roman mosaics at Castle Hill (around Stockport market) in the late 18th century, during the construction of a mill, but noted it was "founded on tradition...
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  • (secondary coordinates) This list of mills in Stockport, lists textile factories that have existed in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. From the...
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  • It was built by Stockport Corporation on land donated by George John Warren (Lord Vernon). Work was given to the many unemployed mill workers of the time...
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    named after George John Warren (Lord Vernon), who donated land which became Vernon Park and Vernon Mill in Stockport, so as not to conflict with the names...
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    Wear Mill (also known as Weir Mill) was an integrated cotton works on the Cheadle Heath bank of the River Mersey in Stockport, Greater Manchester, in England...
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  • Kingston Mill, Stockport is a mid nineteenth century cotton spinning mill in Edgeley, Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. It was taken over by the...
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  • Elder Mill, Romiley was a cotton spinning mill in Romiley, Stockport, Greater Manchester. It was taken over by the Lancashire Cotton Corporation in the...
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  • Palmer Mills were cotton spinning mills in Portwood, Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. Built in the late 19th century, they were taken over by the...
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    Leek, and Stockport successfully petitioned parliament to not renew the patent. Lombe was paid off, and in 1732 Stockport's first silk mill (indeed, the...
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