Tulketh Mill
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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, Water Lane
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An earlier Tulketh Mill stood in Water Lane, Preston, until it was destroyed by fire in June 1883.[4]
See also
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[edit]- ^ "Tulketh Mill". Engineering Timeline. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ "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. - ^ "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. - ^ "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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- "Tulketh Mill past and present". ashtononribble.com. Retrieved 25 January 2018.[dead link]
- "Tulketh Mill, Preston". Glazzard Architects. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
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