Helmshore Mills Textile Museum

Helmshore Mills are two mills built on the River Ogden in Helmshore, Lancashire. Higher Mill was built in 1789 for William Turner, and Whitaker's Mill was built in the 1820s by the Turner family. In their early life they alternated between working wool and cotton. By 1920 they were working shoddy as condensor mule mills; and equipment has been preserved and is still used. The mills closed in 1967 and they were taken over by the Higher Mills Trust, whose trustees included historian and author Chris Aspin and politician Dr Rhodes Boyson, who maintained it as a museum. The mills are said to the most original and best-preserved examples of both cotton spinning and woollen fulling left in the country that are still operational.

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Condenser Spinning Mule at Helmshore Mills Textiles Museum

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
site	castle	1200	Clitheroe Castle	castle, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	garden	1877	Latticework Viaducts, Castlefield	garden, railway viaduct, industrial archaeology site	Wikidata
site	museum		Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery	museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Bolton Steam Museum	museum, industry museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		British Commercial Vehicle Museum	museum, transport museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		British Muslim Heritage Centre	building, heritage center	Wikidata
site	museum		Brontë Parsonage Museum	historic house museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Bury Transport Museum	transport museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Clayton Hall Living History Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Clitheroe Castle Museum	local museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		East Lancashire Railway	heritage railway	Wikidata
site	museum		Ellenroad Ring Mill Engine	museum, stationary steam engine	Wikidata
site	museum		Gawthorpe Hall	English country house, historic house museum, country house	Wikidata
site	museum		Gawthorpe Textiles Collection	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Greater Manchester Police Museum and Archives	archive, police museum, police station, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Heaton Park Tramway	transport museum, industrial tramway	Wikidata
site	museum		Helmshore Mills Textile Museum	textile museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Hoghton Tower	archaeological site, English country house, historic house museum, country house	Wikidata
site	museum		Lancashire Mining Museum	heritage center	Wikidata
site	museum		Museum of Lancashire	local museum, military museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Ordsall Hall	English country house, historic house museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Pankhurst Centre	museum, architectural structure	Wikidata
site	museum		People's History Museum	building, history museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Salford Museum and Art Gallery	art museum, library building, independent museum, local museum	Wikidata
site	museum		The Whitaker	art museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Towneley Hall Art Gallery and Museum	English country house, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1824	Manchester Art Gallery	art museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1852	Bolton Museum	art museum, archive, local museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1867	Manchester Museum	university museum, natural history museum, specialized archive	Wikidata
site	museum	1874	Manchester Jewish Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1878	Museum of Wigan Life	art museum, local museum, heritage center, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1883	Oldham Heritage and Arts Centre	art museum, library building	Wikidata
site	museum	1883	Touchstones Rochdale	public library, museum, art museum, library building, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1889	Whitworth Art Gallery	art museum, university museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1893	Harris Museum	art museum, local museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1901	Bury Art Museum	archive, art museum, local museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1901	Hall Ith Wood Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1903	Towneley Hall Art Gallery And Museum	museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1921	Haworth Art Gallery	art museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1929	Lancashire Infantry Museum	regimental museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1931	Rochdale Pioneers Museum	art museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1932	Astley Cheetham Art Gallery	art museum, art gallery, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1938	Werneth Park Adult Education Centre, Oldham	museum, building, architectural structure	Wikidata
site	museum	1947	Platt Hall	fashion museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1961	Monks Hall Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1962	Saddleworth Museum and Gallery	local museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1971	Museum of Local Crafts And Industries	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1973	Heptonstall Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1977	Museum of Transport, Greater Manchester	transport museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1977	Pendle Heritage Centre	local museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1978	South Ribble Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1979	Heaton Park Tramway Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1980	Weavers' Triangle	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1981	Whitworth Heritage Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1983	Helmshore Mills Textile Museum (Higher Mill)	museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1983	Helmshore Mills Textile Museum (Whitakers' Mill)	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1983	Science and Industry Museum	museum, tourist attraction, science museum, national museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1984	Castlefield Gallery	art museum, charitable organization	Wikidata
site	museum	1986	Colne Heritage Centre	heritage center	Wikidata
site	museum	1986	Queen Street Mill Textile Museum	museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1987	Holmfirth Postcard Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1987	Museum of The Manchester Regiment	regimental museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1988	Portland Basin Museum	museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1995	Horwich Heritage Centre	heritage center	Wikidata
site	museum	2001	National Football Museum	museum, charitable organization, sports museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2002	Gallery Oldham	art museum, local museum, natural history museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2002	Imperial War Museum North	museum, military museum, national museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2005	Ribble Steam Railway and Museum	heritage railway, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2009	The Fusilier Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2010	Woodend Colliery Mining Museum	mining museum, coal mine	Wikidata
site	museum	2016	Darwen Heritage Centre	heritage center	Wikidata
site	museum	2016	Warley Museum	museum	Wikidata
commons	image		Condenser Spinning Mule at Helmshore Mills Textiles Museum		Commons