Shaw Mills
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.svg)  Shaw Mills Location within North Yorkshire | |
| OS grid reference | SE256625 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HARROGATE |
| Postcode district | HG3 |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
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Shaw Mills is a hamlet in the civil parish of Bishop Thornton, in Nidderdale in the county of North Yorkshire, England.[1] It lies in the valley of Thornton Beck, a tributary of the River Nidd, 6 miles (10 km) north west of Harrogate.
The village probably takes its name from a corn mill kept by one Robert Shaw in the 16th century.[2] In 1812 John and George Metcalfe began spinning flax in the Low Mill at Shaw Mills[3] The High Mill and Low Mill both closed by 1861, but in about 1890 were restarted for silk-spinning. The mills closed soon after the First World War.[4] An industrial settlement developed in the 19th century to serve the mills.
Until 1974 it was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire.[5] From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Harrogate, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Report to General Purposes Committee, Harrogate Borough Council" (PDF). 21 March 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ Jennings, p.112
- ^ Jennings, p.211
- ^ Jennings, pp.262-3
- ^ "History of Bishop Thornton, in Harrogate and West Riding". A Vision of Britain. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
Sources
[edit]- Jennings, Bernard (1992). A History of Nidderdale. ISBN 1 85072 114 9.