Plans to convert Victorian cotton mill buildings into into flats have been thrown out due to lack of parking. The vacant Albion Mill and Albion House in Bury were most recently occupied by Pur-o ...

However, Historic England strongly recommended listing regardless of this uncertainty as either the “oldest or second oldest” cotton mill in Manchester, identifying it as a “significant ...

A shopping centre in Bury has partnered with a recycling group to promote textile recycling and sustainability.

Located on Shude Hill, this mill was Manchester's first cotton mill. It was also the first mill anywhere to use a steam engine, which pumped water onto a waterwheel. By 1800 Manchester had emerged ...