Hartford Mill

Hartford Mill was a Grade II-listed building located off Block Lane, in the Freehold area of Oldham, UK.[1]

Hartford Mill
General information
Coordinates53.537354°N 2.135546°W / 53.537354; -2.135546

History

It was constructed as a cotton-spinning mill in 1907. Frederick Whittaker Dixon designed it for the Hartford Mill (Oldham) Company Ltd. It was extended in 1920 and 1924. It was Grade II-listed on 8 March 1993. [1] In 1991, Littlewoods vacated the building, and it has been unoccupied since then. A fire significantly damaged it in 2014,[2] and a teenager died after falling through the roof of the building in 2015.[3] It was proposed for demolition in 2018. Demolition of the mill was due to be completed in August 2020 but was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] Demolition restarted in July 2021 and the last remaining structure, the mill chimney, was demolished using explosives on 1 October 2023.[5]

References
  1. Historic England. "HARTFORD MILL, Oldham (1210026)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  2. Green, Charlotte (17 January 2019). "Mill, which has had 250 emergency incidents in three years, to be demolished". Manchester Evening News.
  3. Bainbridge, Pete; Tahir, Fizah (22 May 2015). "Teenager dies after falling from abandoned Oldham mill". Manchester Evening News.
  4. "Moment landmark Hartford Mill Chimney in Oldham demolished to make way for new housing". ITVX. 1 October 2023.
  5. Fifield, Jack (2 October 2023). "Drone captures Hartford Mill chimney's last moments". The Oldham Times.
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