dalton

Having visited this mill all the way back in 2011 before it was all totally empty; it was nice to see it again with better equipment and 14 years more exploring under my belt. Although; sadly the main mill had experienced a large fire some years earlier, leaving the exploring to be all down to...

Very late to the party on this one. It'll forever be somewhere that I really should have done before the best bit completely burned down, but being a long way from home I never had the chance. Oh well. Visited on a weekend road trip up to the northern badlands with @CookieRaider. We had a very...

Background History Construction of Dalton mills by Joseph Craven started in 1866 and they were in full operation by 1870. The complex consisted of three mills: the Tower Mill, the Genappe Mill and the New Mill, and these were constructed in phases. At their peak the mills employed over 2000...

1. The History Quite a bit of history on this place. Dalton Grange is a former mid-Victorian county house in the Dalton area of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. Construction started in 1870 along the lines of the designs drawn-up by Yorkshire architect, John Kirk (1817-1886) and completed a year...

History Copied from another thread (thanks OP) Dalton Grange stands on or near the site of a house which, in 1854, was called View Cottage and which, in the early 19th Century must indeed have had a splendid view northeast over the lush water-meadows of the Colne to the wooded hillside of the...

Made the visit here on my own whilst heading up to Scotland for the week. I liked the look of this place and the old workshop. Entry was nice and easy and spent a few hours wandering about. The lower film set areas were not of much interest to me, the cells were ok. But the pitch black area what...

Dalton Grange Dalton Grange stands on or near the site of a house which, in 1854, was called View Cottage and which, in the early 19th Century must indeed have had a splendid view northeast over the lush water-meadows of the Colne to the wooded hillside of the Fartown and Sheepridge areas...

Dalton Mills: Specifically Genappe Mill and New Mill The name of this mill had been one that constantly been risen within conversations in which, for the most part, I ignored. Eventually, in a little browse online it was decided to be worth the hassle and considering I had yet to venture into...

A sad day

Intro These coaches had sat on the to-do list for quite some time now, mainly as I have never had the excuse to go so far north. Eventually a reason to visit eventually came to fruition on this occasion as they were on the way between two other spots. History The coaches here are all part of...

I had to collect junior from Leeds before lockdown, so we stopped off at Dalton Mills on the way home. This used to be a well trodden tourist spot, with about 20 reports on here, mostly from 2010/11, the most recent being 2015. All I knew at the time was that it was your standard empty mill with...

Only a small repot today, not sure this amount of photos even constitues one! Can't remember much about this place but kinda thinking we got busted hence lack of many photos. Was an absolute beauty inside with some pretty special ironwork. The old engineering workshop was proper time warp...

Recently been looking through my old archived photos and totally forgot about this absolute gem of a place. Access at the time was extremely easy. I was extremely lucky to get inside here as now it's near impossible to to do a revisit. Just wish at the time I'd had a camera as my phone at the...

Haven't had much time to go out with the intention of doing an explore recently as it's GCSE season. Within four weeks and then I'll be free for a long time. This was just a 'oh that's in the area, let's go check it out.' Dalton Grange Dalton Grange was constructed in 1871. It is a good...

HISTORY NOT MY IMAGE Dalton Mills was once the largest textile mill in the region, employing over 2000 workers. It was built by Joseph Craven in 1869, replacing the original mill which was owned by Rachel Leach in the 1780's. The mill was named Dalton Mills after the manager employed by...