 Quarry Bank Mill - Reviews from across the web
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Quarry Bank Mill, Manchester - IgoUgo Reviews
Samuel Greg, who founded the mill in 1784, believed that most of the evils affecting mill workers at the time were caused by the congestion and iflth of towns and therefore built his mill in the country with a village [Styal] for the workers nearby and a house for the young apprentices [young meanin...
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Cheshire: Quarry Bank Mill - Traveler Reviews - Trip to Quarry Bank Mill - TripAdvisor
I thought Quarry Bank Mill was great. It was interesting, the information was priceless and the talks were fantastic. The Apprentice House was my favurite part and I loved walking through the house finding out how all the children...
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Quarry Bank Mill & Styal Country Park - Read Reviews
...was the apprentice house at Quarry Bank Mill; I returned there for the first time as an adult last weekend. Quarry Bank Mill is the best preserved Georgian factory colony in the country. It is owned and run by the National Trust, but is far from being what you may think of as the average NT prope...
travel.ciao.co.uk
Quarry Bank Mill & Styal Country Park - Review - One of those places you never knew existed.
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. The children where employed to do the tasks where an adult would be too large, like crawling under the machines o fix or retrieve items. This was u...
dooyoo.co.uk
Quarry Bank Mill & Styal Country Park - Sightseeing National Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
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 clo...
dooyoo.co.uk
Quarry Bank Mill and Styal Estate, an Attraction in Styal, Cheshire. Search for Cheshire Attractions.
The largest working historic Cotton Mill in Britain. Live demonstrations of spinning and weaving everyday. World's most powerful waterwheel and two working steam engines. New interactive gallery and underground audio-visual. Costumed interpretation of the apprentice house - home to 100 pauper childr...
information-britain.co.uk
quarry bank mill - Stockport - Education - Qype
Fab place to visit during the school holiday or at weekends. Full of usefull information the kids will love it. Set in beautyful countryside so you could take a picnic, relax and enjoy the nearby walk...
qype.co.uk
Wilmslow Cheshire
Quarry Bank Mill notably used unpaid child apprentices until 1847. These pauper children worked long hours in the factory and then did schoolwork and gardening after coming back from the mill. Although life was tough, most of the children prefered to work at the mill rather than live at the Workho...
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