Shaw Mills
Shaw Mills is a hamlet in the civil parish of Bishop Thornton, Shaw Mills and Warsill, in Nidderdale in the Harrogate district, North Yorkshire, England. It lies in the valley of Thornton Beck, a tributary of the River Nidd, 6 miles (10 km) north west of Harrogate.
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  Shaw Mills Location within North Yorkshire | |
| OS grid reference | SE256625 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HARROGATE |
| Postcode district | HG3 |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
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The village probably takes its name from a corn mill kept by one Robert Shaw in the 16th century.[1] In 1812 John and George Metcalfe began spinning flax in the Low Mill at Shaw Mills[2] The High Mill and Low Mill both closed by 1861, but in about 1890 were restarted for silk-spinning. The mills closed soon after the First World War.[3] An industrial settlement developed in the 19th century to serve the mills. And it is now derelict and about to fall down
References
- Jennings, p.112
- Jennings, p.211
- Jennings, pp.262-3
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Sources
- Jennings, Bernard (1992). A History of Nidderdale. ISBN 1 85072 114 9.
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