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	Hotels near Quarry Bank Mill
		Take a picture tour of Quarry Bank Mill, and please come back after your visit to submit your own.
		Why not take a short walk to the spectacular National Trust Styal Country Park and Quarry Bank Mill or enjoy a shopping trip to the Arndale or Trafford Centre.
		For a perfect stay, be sure to try out the fantastic Terrace Restaurant, lounge bar and Club Moativation health and fitness club consisting of a range of first class facilities including an indoor heated swimming pool, gym, sauna, Jacuzzi and beauty salon.
	www.picturesofengland.com /England/Cheshire/Styal/Quarry_Bank_Mill/hotels (1192 words)

	Spinning the Web > Places > The Rural scene > Quarry Bank Mill
		Quarry Bank Mill was founded in 1784 by a young textile merchant, Samuel Greg, Quarry Bank Mill was one of the first generation of water-powered cotton spinning mills.
		Under his stewardship, the Mill encountered increasing difficulties as the industry began to be challenged by foreign competition and the British economy suffered a downturn.
		Quarry Bank Mill is still a working Cotton Mill producing over 9,000m (10,000 yards) of cloth each year, where visitors can observe the 19th Century textile machines working and meet skilled cotton workers.
	www.spinningtheweb.org.uk /m_results.php?Where=exists+%28DesSubjects_tab+where+DesSubjects+contains+%27Quarry+Bank+Mill%27%29&sub=rural&theme=places (594 words)

	NEH 2000 Summer Seminar - Site Visit #3
		The village is one of the best preserved of the purpose-built factory colonies established by mill owners to house their workforce, often in conditions which, in their day, were considered models of enlightened practice and which were demonstrably superior to the accommodation in towns.
		Quarry Bank Mill was founded long before Queen Victoria's reign began in 1837 and continued as a factory long after her death in 1901.
		To look at the Victorian Quarry Bank Mill would be to look at a snapshot in the development of the Mill, but in order to understand what was happening at the Mill in Victorian times it is necessary to consider what went before so that the nineteenth century Mill can properly be put into context.
	www.umassd.edu /ir/site3f.html (2128 words)

	Quarry Bank Mill & Styal Country Park - Review - Cotton Traders
		Quarry Bank Mill and Styal Estate is a site of significant industrial importance, and has been a national trust property since 1939 when the great, great grandson of Samuel Greg, the original owner gifted it to the trust.
		The Mill itself is situated within a mile or two of Manchester Airport and close to the town of Macclesfield — obviously this whole area looked very different in 1784 when the mill was first opened and it was a world away from the cotton mills of Manchester.
		The Mill is typically open from 11am to 5pm during the spring and summer, although the apprentice House is closed on Mondays.
	www.dooyoo.co.uk /sightseeing-national/quarry-bank-mill-styal-country-park/1050302 (977 words)

	Quarry Bank Mill
		Quarry Bank Mill is an historic factory in Cheshire, England, one of the best preserved of the Industrial Revolution.
		Founded by Samuel Greg in 1784 in the village of Styal on the River Bollin, it features a water wheel designed by Peter Ewart.
		The estate and mill are currently owned and maintained by the National Trust and are open to the public.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/q/qu/quarry_bank_mill.html (130 words)

	Quarry Bank Mill, the Apprentice House and Styal Village near Manchester
		Quarry Bank Mill, the Apprentice House and Styal Village near Manchester
		The mill is operated by former mill workers, mechanical and hand-spinning and weaving can be seen in progress on the mill factory floor.
		To maintain the workers close to the mill, the Old Oak Cottages were built in 1820s, with their very modern outside toilets, and a spacious two rooms per floor.
	www.manchester2002-uk.com /history/victorian/quarrybankmill.html (583 words)

	Samuel Greg
		The mill had cost £3,000 to build and at first Greg employed 150 men to spin coarse yarn on water frames.
		Ten years later, the mill was employing 380 and output had reached 699,223 pounds.
		At Quarry Bank, near Wilmslow in Cheshire, is situated the great firm of Greg and Son.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /TEXgreg.htm (1095 words)

	(mykp.co.uk): Quarry Bank Mill a working mill in Styal Cheshire, a National Trust Property. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		On arrival at Quarry Bank Mill you might become confused as the mill is not visible from the car park and it is only as you walk down the path into the valley that the mill can be seen.
		The Mill was built in 1784 by Samuel Greg on the river Bollin which was dammed up allowing the water to be used to power the mill.
		If you plan to visit Quarry Bank mill then I would set aside at least half a day to tour around the mill as my wife and I spent about 4 hours just for the mill each time we have visited, which is four times now.
	www.mykp.co.uk /default.asp?id=132 (1113 words)

	Quarry Bank Mill, Styal (National Trust) - 24 Hour Museum - official guide to UK museums, galleries, exhibitions and ...
		Quarry Bank Mill archives are open to researchers, Monday to Friday 9 - 5 by prior appointment.
		Quarry Bank Mill is a first generation water powered cotton mill built in 1784, see the waterwheel, steam engines and cotton machinery working daily.
		Quarry Bank Mill is set within Styal Country Estate.
	www.24hourmuseum.org.uk /museum/NW000027.html (213 words)

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		Adjacent to the mill-yard is the manager's villa (built 1810); the Greg family mansion is also adjacent but at the other end of the mill, and safely tucked away behind a high wall.
		The mill is fully operative; converting raw cotton, that arrives in presspack bales, as seen against the wall here, into progressively finer slivers through stages on different but similar machines.
		Paths radiate out from the mill, up and down stream into the Styal Country Park, which is what the public access areas of the estate have become.
	www.macccam.co.uk /WilmslowStyal/quarrybank2.html (446 words)

	Robert Hyde Greg
		Mills had to be close to coalfields and within easy reach of Manchester and Liverpool.
		Quarry Bank was fairly well situated and Robert continued to make profits from the mill.
		Quarry Bank continued to be improved and the new water wheel introduced in 1856 was able to generate 172 horse power.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /TEXgregR.htm (696 words)

	Quarry Bank Mill & Styal Estate - UK Discount Hotels (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Quarry Bank Mill is a working water and steam powered cotton mill.
		The mill and its colony village are set in the beautiful Styal Estate beside the river Bollin.
		Mill open all year, April-Sep daily 10.30-5.30 (last admission 4); Oct 19 Mar, daily 10.30-5 (closed Mon in term time).
	www.uk-discount-hotels.co.uk /centralengland/cheshire/quarrybankmillstyalestate.html (141 words)

	Commerce and Entrepreneurs in Manchester - Samuel Greg of Quarry Bank Mill, Styal, Charles Roe & Samuel Ogden, ...
		Quarry Bank Mill opened in 1784 at cost of £3,000 and employed 150 men.
		By 1816 Quarry Bank employed 252 people and was producing around 153 tons of cloth a year rising by 1825 to a workforce of 380 and over double the output, exporting to Italy, France, North America, Russia, Germany and South America.
		Charles Roe died in 17781 and a memorial tablet to his achievements can be found in Christ Church in Macclesfield, (which he had virtually had built at his own expense) and his name is remembered locally in a street name and office chambers in the township.
	www.manchester2002-uk.com /celebs/commerce/commerce6.html (1022 words)

	Cotton - Recreating Cheshire (Site not responding. Last check: )
		For many people the cotton mill is still the symbol of Britain's industrial greatness and the factory age.
		Quarry Bank Mill is one of the few cotton mills built in the early years of the Industrial Revolution to have survived.
		Modelled on Richard Arkwright's first cotton mill, the Mill is one of the finest and most impressive brick buildings of its day to survive.
	www.salt.cheshire.gov.uk /recreate-cheshire/cotton.html (397 words)

	Manchester Archives and Local Studies - Business Archives List 6 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		, of Quarry Bank Mill, Styal, Cheshire and Reddish, Lancashire, cotton spinners.
		Moor Lane Mill in Lancaster was purchased in 1822 and began operating as a steam-powered spinning and weaving mill in 1824.
		Lowerhouse Mill, Bollington, near Macclesfield, Cheshire, a spinning and weaving concern, was leased from 1832.
	www.manchester.gov.uk /libraries/arls/busarc/list6.htm (1901 words)

	Quarry Bank Mill - Page 1 - www.bootsandpaws.co.uk
		Quarry Bank Mill is located in Styal, near Wilmslow in Cheshire.
		Quarry Bank Mill was originally founded in 1784 by textile merchant Samuel Greg.
		The mill is located in 384 acres of the Styal Estate, as well as the mill itself you can visit Styal Village where cottages were built for workers at Quarry Bank and the Apprentice House where children who once worked in the mill lived.
	www.bootsandpaws.co.uk /quarry.html (217 words)

	17 December 2004: NATIONAL TRUST TO BOOST RELATIONSHIP WITH SCHOOLS
		Mill Wharf Training and Consultancy Services has a twelve-year track record of responding to the continuing professional development of teachers, managers and support staff in primary, secondary and FE.
		Mill Wharf is a part of OCR (Oxford Cambridge and RSA Examinations) which is a leading UK awarding body providing a wide range of qualifications to meet the needs of learners of all ages and abilities.
		Quarry Bank Mill and Styal Estate is located at Styal in Wilmslow, Cheshire.
	www.cambridgeassessment.org.uk /externalaffairs/Media/millwharftraining (650 words)

	Accommodation close to Quarry Bank Mill, Quarry Bank Mill hotels
		With 11 state of the art meeting rooms and facilities to accommodate up to 400 delegates, an exceptional travel network and extensive car parking, the hotel is an excellent destination for conferences, of all sizes.
		A Georgian cotton mill in the heart of rural Cheshire, now an award-winning museum and the only water-powered cotton mill in the world.
		The mill, the village and the country park all belong to the National Trust.
	www.chester-hotels.in-england.co.uk /Quarry_Bank_Mill.htm (698 words)

	Spinning the Web > Home > Spinning the Web partners > Quarry Bank Mill
		Quarry Bank Mill and Styal Estate with Styal Village is one of the most complete and least altered factory colonies of the Industrial Revolution.
		Founded in 1784 by a young textile merchant, Samuel Greg, Quarry Bank Mill was one of the first generation of water-powered cotton spinning mills.
		Its Original Buildings: The Mill is one of the finest and most impressive industrial brick buildings of its day to survive.
	www.spinningtheweb.org.uk /partners16.php (449 words)

	Wedding Venues - Quarry Bank Mill
		At Quarry Bank Mill we promise to help you make it an unforgettable and magnificent day for you, your family and your friends.
		Set in the valley of the river Bollin with meadow, weir, cobbled and gas lit courtyard, this Georgian working Cotton Mill is the heart of a picturesque estate in idyllic surroundings.
		Quarry Bank Mill is licensed for Civil Ceremonies in The Grant.
	www.hitched.co.uk /venues/detail.asp?venue=353 (354 words)

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		Quarry Bank Mill is a living museum and a working mill set in wooded country side.
		There are demonstrations throughout the mill of the development and history of the cotton spinning process, from the simple wheel to the Spinning Jenny and Crompton's Mule which can be seen in action.
		It is one of the last working water-powered cotton mills in the world.
	www.cs.man.ac.uk /relmics06/excursion.php (228 words)

	Mills owned by the National Trust
		Amongst them are the post mill at Pitstone Green, Buckinghamshire, the last remaining thatched tower mill at High Ham, Somerset; the last windmill on the Isle of Wight, at Bembridge; and a small drainage smock mill at Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire.
		The Trust also has examples of waterpowered "factories", such as the large mill at Quarry Bank, which celebrated 25 years of opening in 2003.
		Flatford Mill, Suffolk, which is leased to the Field Studies Council.
	www.windmillworld.com /mills/nationaltrust.htm (359 words)

	ICEE 2002 - Historical Connections and Social Activities
		This is a water-powered cotton mill which was in production from the late 18th to the mid 20th centuries.
		However, even in its heyday, Quarry Bank was not one of Blake's "dark satanic mills", being set in rural Cheshire in a picturesque, wooded valley.
		Quarry Bank was built by Samuel Greg, an enlightened mill owner, and the adjacent `model village' of Styal - built to house mill workers - preserves its original character and is a "desirable location" even today.
	www.ineer.org /Events/icee2002/social.htm (357 words)

	Quarry Bank Mill
		Quarry Bank Mill is one of the topics in focus at Global Oneness.
		Although Bank Square has traditionally provided the location for many of the town's banks, the name in fact originates from the bank, or slope, leading down to the Carrs recreational fields and up towards the train station.
		Manchester is situated in a bowl-shaped land area, bordered to the north and east by the Pennine moors and to the south by the Cheshire Plain.
	www.experiencefestival.com /quarry_bank_mill (2282 words)

	mykp.co.uk by Mike Porter - Quarry Bank Mill
		Lots of the exhibits in the mill tell of days of old and how the mill was built, updated and eventually became a National Trust property as well as giving an insight into how it would have been to have lived and worked at the mill.
		Also at the mill is the Apprentice House which is about 10 minutes walk away from the mill and portrays life as an apprentice child working at the mill would have seen.
		This was one of the main reasons I have visited the mill 5 times in the past year as it gives me a chance to practice my photography in low light conditions shooting a subject I enjoy.
	mykp.co.uk /printver.asp?id=132 (1039 words)

	bugalugs Wilmslow Travel Page - VirtualTourist.com
		Quarry Bank Mill was built by Samuel Greg in 1784.
		Quarry Bank Mill was given by the family to the National Trust in 1939 and in 1959 production finished.
		However today this mill is a wonderful place to visit, with many hands on experiences that children will love.
	members.virtualtourist.com /m/1434e/49f10 (454 words)

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