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D3045 - Caudwell's Mill, Rowsley - 1912-2017
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D3045
Title
Caudwell's Mill, Rowsley
Date
1912-2017
Description
Records of E Caudwell (Rowsley) Ltd, flour millers, from 1912 to the closure of the firm in 1978, including documents relating to the Hartington mill/depot, Hall Farm at Rowsley, the Rowsley Reading Room and the Home Guard in central Derbyshire 1940-1941, and some personal estate records. Also includes the records for Caudwell's Mill Trust, including committee minutes, photographs, correspondence, visitor information and information on the machinery and buildings.
Extent
14.25, and 67 files
Level
Fonds
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
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Archive Creator
Caudwell's Mill, Rowsley
Administrative History
This business was founded in 1874 when John Caudwell (1827-1891) leased the Rowsley mill site from the Duke of Rutland. He built an entirely new structure which externally survives little changed, but the original millstones and water wheels had been replaced by rollers and turbines before the end of the 19th century. The mill may have produced only animal provender at first but within a few years was also milling flour. In 1926 the Hartington Mill was taken over and although later closed, a depot was retained there. The firm closed in 1978.
Caudwell's Mill Trust took on the lease of the mill and ran the site from 1980 - 2023.
Custodial History
Deposited in Derbyshire Record Office in 1986, 1993, June and September 2023. Added to the catalogue as part of the FindersKeepers project by volunteer JW.
Organisation Sub-Type
Food and drink
Related Material
See D6567 for a heritage statement relating to Caudwell's Mill, produced for English Heritage, 2005.
Term
Letters (documents)
Germans
Legislation
Cereals
Bread
Business
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Caudwell (E) of Rowsley Ltd; 1874-1978; flour millers
Rowsley; Caudwell's Mill
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Type
Rowsley
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