Report - Dobroyd Mill - Hepworth - Jan 2017

[UrbanBloodyBear]

History:
Dobroyd Mills was built in 1829. A fine cloth manufacturer Dobroyd Ltd was founded at the mill in 1919. The mill closed in 1974, but was re-opened in 1976 under John Woodhead Ltd spinners. Currently the Chimney stack has been demolished along with an outer building. Now a classic car renovation company uses one of the upper floors to the rear of the Mill.
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[Fudge]

Nice and empty now unfortunately.

 

[jST]

Are the first pictures from where the car restoration shop used to be?

 

[Fudge]

Are the first pictures from where the car restoration shop used to be?

No, they're still in there for now. Not quite sure where it is but i'm hoping its not the locked room on the top floor.

 

[Xan_Asmodi]

Nicely captured, I'll have to pop along and have a look at some point.

 

[host]

Cracking report, i need to give this place another look, we only managed a small part..still worthy of a look i think.

 

[coolboyslim]

Yep like this. That butterfly is mental and the beast kinda suits the era with new film on way lol. Thx for pics and report..

 

[AmosDenisonsearch]

Does anyone have late history of Dobroyd Mills pre WW1 1914-1918 when my grandfather Benjamin Kitson Denison was working there? Who was/were the owner?

 

[tweek]

Are the first pictures from where the car restoration shop used to be?

They're from the Bridge Fabrications bit, on the Jackson Bridge side of the building.

 

[Muffin top]

Any new updates on this fine mill

 

[AmosDenisonsearch]

Well worth reading: The current legal owners have not replied to my polite requests for any historical information

103. DOBROYD MILL (Jackson Bridge) by Alan Brooke

https://undergroundhistories.wordpress.com/a-catalogue-of-the-textile-mills-and-factories-of-the-huddersfield-area-c-1790-1914/