Empress Mill, Ince

Empress Mill
	Ince, Wigan, Greater Manchester, Englane
Owner	Empress Spinning Co (1920)
Further ownership	Lancashire Cotton Corporation (1930); Courtaulds (1964);
Coordinates	53°32′35″N 2°36′34″W / 53.5431°N 2.6094°W
Construction
Completed	1907
References

Empress Mill, Ince was a single storey shed mill alongside the

Michael McGuire, and a debate in the House of Commons on 20 March 1975.^[3]

Location

Ince or Ince-in Makerfield is a former township, and an

Manchester and Liverpool Railway.^[7]

History

The Empress Mill was a single-storey spinning mill.

The industry peaked in 1912 when it produced 8 billion yards of cloth. the Great War of 1914–18 halted the supply of raw cotton, and the government encouraged its colonies to build mills to spin and weave cotton. The war over, Lancashire never regained its markets. The independent mills struggled. The Bank of England set up the Lancashire Cotton Corporation in 1929 to attempt to rationalise and save the industry.^[8] Empress Mill was one of 104 mills bought by the LCC, and one of the 53 mills that survived to 1950. It continued to spin until 1975. Its problems were explained in the House of Commons on 20 March 1975 by the constituency's MP Michael McGuire, that other producing countries were applying tariffs against British cotton, and dumping their surplus in the UK. He complained that Civil Servants had a "Bonga Wonga" attitude, and were doing nothing to support the Lancashire industry.^[3]

Its engine house and chimney have been demolished and replaced by a square tower. The land is now an industrial estate. The name Empress Mill was given by Jamsetji Tata on the day Queen Victoria was proclaimed Queen of India.

Owners

Empress Spinning Co (1920)
Lancashire Cotton Corporation (1930–1964)
Courtaulds (1964–1975)

References

^ LCC 1951
^ The Times, 26 March 1931 p. 19
^ ^a ^b [1] Last mill in Ince
^ "Greater Manchester Gazetteer". Greater Manchester County Record Office. Places names - O to R. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2007.
^ Farrer & Brownbill 1911, pp. 78–83.
^ McNeil & Nevell 2000, p. 70.
^ McNeil & Nevell 2000, p. 66
^ Dunkerley 2009

Bibliography

Dunkerley, Philip (2009). "Dunkerley-Tuson Family Website, The Regent Cotton Mill, Failsworth". Archived from the original on 23 March 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
Farrer, William; Brownbill, J, eds. (1911). "Pemberton". A History of the County of Lancaster. Vol. 4. Victoria County History.
LCC (1951). The mills and organisation of the Lancashire Cotton Corporation Limited. Blackfriars House, Manchester: Lancashire Cotton Corporation Limited.
McNeil, R.; Nevell, M. (2000). A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Greater Manchester. Association for Industrial Archaeology.
ISBN 978-0-9528930-3-5
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Roberts, A S (1921). "Arthur Robert's Engine List". Arthur Roberts Black Book. One guy from Barlick-Book Transcription. Retrieved 11 January 2009.

External links

[1] LCC 1951

[2] The Times, 26 March 1931 p. 19

[hansard-3] [1] Last mill in Ince

[GM_Gazetteer-4] "Greater Manchester Gazetteer". Greater Manchester County Record Office. Places names - O to R. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2007.

[County_of_Lanc-5] Farrer & Brownbill 1911, pp. 78–83.

[McNeil70-6] McNeil & Nevell 2000, p. 70.

[McNeil66-7] McNeil & Nevell 2000, p. 66

[8] Dunkerley 2009

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Engine makers	Daniel Adamson Ashton Frost Ashworth & Parker Bateman & Sherratt Boulton & Watt Browett, Lindley & Co Buckley & Taylor Carels Frères Earnshaw & Holt Fairbairn W & J Galloway & Sons Benjamin Goodfellow B. Hick and Sons / Hick, Hargreaves & Co John Musgrave & Sons J & W McNaught Petrie of Rochdale William Roberts & Co of Nelson George Saxon Scott & Hodgson Urmson & Thompson Yates & Thom / Yates of Blackburn Willans & Robinson J & E Wood Woolstenhulmes & Rye
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