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Swan Meadow Mill was built by James Eckersley in 1827 and became Old Mill when a new, larger mill was built in 1838. It was demolished in 1960 followed in 1963 by the larger mill. James Eckersley and Sons had three four-storey mills by 1880.Musgraves of Bolton supplied a tandem compound steam...

Another season; another backlog, this shiftwork sure makes you a bit slower!  I visited this site back at the end of March with Mookster and a non forum member. I have posted several reports after this one, but for some reason this one slipped the net.   It was operated by Pilkington Glass up...

Some History St Crispins was a large psychiatric hospital on the outskirts of Duston village in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England. It was established in 1876 as the Berrywood Asylum and closed in 1995. Its grounds and the surrounding area include a new psychiatric hospital, residential...

With only 3 hours sleep and a raging hangover from a couple of ‘quiet’ beers the night before, this was never going to be an easy explore. Suffered some post beer injuries, and a nasty fall here! Finally got the camera back after being fixed, so hope you like my shots. The place...

I’ve put this on the back burner for years as most of it is converted, or totally stripped bare. Me and a non-forum member visited here after a couple of other Northampton site plans fell through. St Crispins was designed by Robert Griffiths and completed in 1876. Griffiths also...