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Dolphinholme Worsted Mill

Coordinates: 53°58′25″N 2°43′59″W / 53.9737°N 2.7330°W / 53.9737; -2.7330
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Dolphinholme Mill
Remains of the chimney
Dolphinholme Worsted Mill is located in the Borough of Wyre
Dolphinholme Worsted Mill
Location within the Borough of Wyre
Dolphinholme Worsted Mill is located in the City of Lancaster district
Dolphinholme Worsted Mill
Dolphinholme Worsted Mill (the City of Lancaster district)
Worsted
Spinning mill
LocationDolphinholme, Nether Wyresdale, Wyre, Lancashire, England
Coordinates53°58′25″N 2°43′59″W / 53.9737°N 2.7330°W / 53.9737; -2.7330
Construction
Built1795
Completed1795 (1795)

Dolphinholme Worsted Mill is a textile mill located in the village of Dolphinholme, Lancashire. The Worsted Spinning Mill was built in 1795 by Thomas Hinde (junior), a slave trader who had followed his father, Thomas Hinde (senior), into that business before establishing the mill.[1] Samuel Clegg installed gas lighting in the mill in 1811. The remains of this are considered the oldest remnants of a water-filled gas holder tank.[2][3]

In 2020 the remains of the building received scheduled monument status.[2]

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  1. ^ "Thomas Hinde". www.ucl.ac.uk. Legacies of British Slave-ownership. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Remains of World's Earliest Surviving Gasworks Now Protected | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Historic England. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  3. ^ Historic England. "Remains of the gas plant, chimney, wheel pit and mill race of Dolphinholme Worsted Mil (1466557)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 May 2021.