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Marsh Parade
Silk Mill on Marsh Parade
In 1815 a silk mill was built on the corner of Marsh Parade and Castle
Street. The mill was built by the partnership of Samuel Henshall and
William Lester, It was the first of three silk mills which were to be
built in the town.
The report by Mr Spencer on Newcastle-under-Lyme to the Factories
Inquiry Commission, in 1833 provides us with some information about the
mill. It then employed about 150 people, 100 of whom were under the age of
18, 40 under the age of 12. The youngest boy was 7 years old and the
youngest girl was 9. They worked from 6 in the morning until 7 in the
evening.
The silk mill was converted into a steam corn mill and offered for sale
in 1844. It was still occupied as the Albion Flour Mill at the time of the
1878 Ordnance Survey Map.
Andrew Dobraszczyc's notes
(2004)
William Henshall lived in
a large house next to the silk mill on Marsh Parade
1898 OS map showing Marsh
Parade and Stubbs Walk - the route of the canal
the silk mill is marked by
the red circle
the purple circle shows a "fish pond" which was the remains of the canal
in this area.
the back of the houses on
Marsh Parade - where the Junction Canal ran
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