Tulketh Mill

Tulketh Mill is an Edwardian former cotton-spinning mill in Balcarres Road, Tulketh, Preston, Lancashire, England. It was designed by Fred Dixon of Oldham and built for the Tulketh Spinning Company in 1905.[1] It is a grade II listed building.[2] The building currently houses contact centres and offices for Capita, Dixons Carphone and Hinduja Global Solutions.[3]

Tulketh Mill (1905) in 2008. The chimney was originally taller.

Talketh Mill, Water Lane
Tulketh Mill in Water Lane (destroyed 1883) (centre) on an 1893 Ordnance Survey map described as "disused".

An earlier Talketh Mill stood in Water Lane, Preston, until it was destroyed by fire in June 1883.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Tulketh Mill". Engineering Timeline. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  2. "TULKETH MILL, Preston - 1207235". Historic England. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
    - "CHIMNEY TO TULKETH MILL, APPROXIMATELY 20 METRES SOUTH OF MILL, Preston - 1279845". Historic England. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  3. "Last days of famous Preston mill". Lancashire Evening Post. 26 January 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
    - "Contact centre locations". Capita. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
    - "HGS creates 300 jobs in Preston". Lancashire Business View. 18 September 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  4. "Preston-Then and Now: 1843-1893. The Changes of Half a Century. No. V." The Preston Chronicle, 1 April 1893, p. 2.
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