During the hey-day of the weaving activities the sheds were powered by a pair of steam engines of 1,000 hp, which were named 'Sam' and 'John' after the two eldest surviving Fielden sons. The photograph shows Leslie Baron who was in charge of the…
The three cottages in the centre of the picture were the homes and workplaces of the entrepreneurial Fielden family who moved there from Edge End in 1782. The various stages of expansion can be seen in the five-storey building which was a spinning…
In the foreground is the railway line curving to the goods yard, with the station in the distance. Centre right is Fielden’s Waterside Mill next to the Rochdale Canal. To the right is the spire of the Unitarian Church, which was also built by the…
Waterside Mill fire 1901 - On 17th June 1901 fire destroyed the old spinning mill belonging to Fielden Bros. Built around 1800 and adjoining the Laneside cottages, the four-storey building was the first of many extensions and additions that would…
A view across the 'New' shed at Waterside in 1912. Interior of the large weaving shed at Waterside in 1912. It is now the site of the Morrisons Supermarket.
House, early to mid C18. Hammer-dressed stone, stone slate roof. 2 storeys. Quoins, gable stacks. Wide central gabled porch in ashlar; to either side 5-light window, double chamfered mullioned to ground floor, single chamfered to 1st…
Waterloo Bank, built in 1894 by the Mitchell family. These houses (and many others in the area) were at one time owned by Abraham Gibson (1887 - 1956) and Constance Calverley (1882 - 1948), who were the last survivors of the Mitchell and Gibson…