Pleasant View Terrace, Tockholes 001

Pleasant View Terrace, Tockholes. rnMarks the site of Victoria Mill. A small weaving mill, erected about 1838, by Richard and John Redmayne. At the time of Mary Redmayne's failure in 1856, the mill contained 144 looms. J.P. Redmayne brieftly ran the mill before he too was delared bankrupt in 1857. the family however recovered and later became cotton merchants in Blackburn. Victoria Mill was aquired by Henry Wood, cotton manufacturer of Swallow Street, Blackburn, who added a shed for 260 looms at the rear of the exsisiting building. Between 1859 and 1869 the mill was worked by Sandford and Haydock. A workforce of about 150 was employed. rnIn 1869 the mortgagees sold the machinery, and although there were attempts to sell the shed until1872, these were unsucessful and the buildings were demolished. Pleasant View. a terrace of cottages, marks the site. These dwellings were integral with the mill, and may have partly housed offices and warehousing. The remains of a heavy gate pier can be seen attached to the north east of the factory site. Traces of the mill pond remain slightly to the south east of the factory site. rnMike Rothwell