The remains of Samuel Oldknow's Mellor Mill
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
- Mellor Mill was a water powered cotton spinning mill. Built in 1790 in Marple. Cheshire on the river Goyt. Built in the Georgian period late 1700's It was owned by Industrial pioneer Samuel Oldknow. Oldknow had borrowed money from Arkwright who owned mills in Manchester to fund this project. Mellor Mill had two waterwheels. Plus an extensive run of tunnels underneath to tailrace the water back to the river Goyt. We explore these hidden underground tunnels in this urbex industrial archeology adventure. We marvel at the Georgian architecture. The mill is now in ruins and only remains at ground level. There was a huge fire in 1892 and the mill fell into ruins. Such a shame as it was a pioneer of the Industrial revolution.
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Martin!! Watching from my hospital bed...with my headphones on...its almost like I was transported up to Mellor Mill and was inside the tunnels with you. Sounds amazing !! I think this one will go down as one of the Martin Zero classics...rivers, mills, water wheels, tunnels, cool music....brew and biscuits...😂 . A great way to have my mind taken off my current situation for a while and spend some time with my mates in the mud😁 all the best and keep doing what you do!! Its fun , educational and fascinating. Lee from Wiltshire , UK...(but still a Manchunian at heart)
Get better soon bud 🇮🇪
Definitely a MZ classic!
This mill was one of the most interesting you've done and for a demolished building there is an incredible amount still standing. Keep up the good work. God bless
Yeah I thought the same, to say the main part has gone, scratch below the surface
@@MartinZero I looked up the egg shaped sewers, they were developed in Manchester to prevent blockages. Date for main sewers is a little later but no reason they could not be experimented with on a smaller scale locally first. May be worth flagging to the people excavating the site?
Great documentary Martin. My family came from Marple Bridge, Low Lea Road (modern spelling), Lee cottage which is close to the Mellor Mill site. Lee cottage was originally built for Samuel Oldknow and I believe his fiancée. It later became the property of the Arkwright family and was split into two cottages and rented to two local families My paternal grandfather bought Lee cottage from Captain Richard Arkwright in 1925 for about £500. Lee Farm cottage was then the home of the Hudson family. Oldknow housed his apprentices in a cottage in Marple Bridge known locally as the orphans house.
Fascinating insights.
Cherry Bakewells and COOP ones at that. Got a pack for friends on the 6th which was my 63rd Birthday.
Loved your explor of the mill and tunnels. Went to the upper Goyt 69 70 when they began minibuses in the area, A lovely time for all getting us out of the towns. Petrol at 30 p a gallon... Them were the days.
David and Lily.
Five-a-day entirely with glace cherries. Gotta love that line. [yes, they're delicious, esp Co-op ones]
You managed to create a living story out of a few stones and tunnels well done! Thank you.
I was the archaeogical officer for the Mellor Mill excavations.
It was funded by the HLF in a joint project with Canal & River Trust, which included the aquaduct
Thanks Rachel for your work at the site. fascinating place
Thank you Martin. You and James are my time machine.😊😊😊
Martin, fantastic teamwork, top notch. Just thinking here: how much power was loss thru the friction of the all the various gears, belts, vertical and horizontal driveshaft bearings, then add the power loss from each spinning machine internal friction and one water wheel still had power left over to do the work, amazing the power of falling water..... Thanks for the cross section view of the mill and water wheel, it really helped tell the story. The infrastructure it took to power the mill is quite involved. Thank you for all you do for us the viewers.....
Martin turns up on site, switches the camera on, and utters the immortal words, 'I don't know what that is.' Absolute classic. Yet another great video. Thank you.
Martin, I continue to be amazed how you take the viewer(s) from one point of interest to another with such skill. Thank you for another great video! I do have one question. Will James ever remember to bring a spoon? 😂
Only a very few truly know the mind of James 😄
@@MartinZero James is a good egg. [a Cadbury's creme one in this amazing edition] I love his humour.
The exit tunnel from the Waterloo wheel goes under the river goyt and into the opposite hill side, it exits further down stream near Marple bridge where the rock is harder, there are a few inspection tunnels along the hill side you can see ( near the garden house ). Good video I spent lots of time down hear before they excavated the ruins. There was apparently a tunnel from the apprentice house to the mill, and from his house to the mill :)
As you say - WOW!!!!! All those tunnels each one a different construction, cracking explore👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Will someone tie a teaspoon to James!!! Well done Roy the Fearless!!!!
From memory Oldknow was a silk merchant in Manchester before building the mill, I watched them excavate the mill several years ago and it was amazing to watch it come alive again. I believe he had an interest in the peak forest canal to move his goods to Manchester, he was a fighter but I think Arkwright was a very shrewd man ! Thanks for the video top notch as usual 👍
That brew . Give James a promotion I wished I was there. Both water wheels were breast wheels.
Perfect timing! Kids were doing homework today about Samuel Oldknow, and we really appreciate this unique exploration into all the tunnels and waterworks of this once magnificent mill!
Oh cool, that was handy 👍
The length of the history of the UK is amazing; sitting here in Canada(1867). You show a notice from 1797. Thanks for your efforts Martin.
Every time I talk to friends about how much joy RUclips gives me, instead of cable tv, your channel is always being mentioned as my favorite, and one of the Wain reason why RUclips, for me, is so rewarding. Thanks to you and everyone else involved. 🤗🤗
Thank you, much appreciated
Oh yeah, Time Team, the best TV-series ever broadcasted. (With Columbo and Johnny Carson as close follow uos)
Thankfully the majority of their shows, if not all of them, is now available here on RUclips in 1080p. The older ones upscaled, but with the upside being better bitrates.
And they've crowdfunded new digs that's broadcasted here on RUclips on their Time Team Official channel.
Martin. As usual. A pleasure.
Mellor Mill is certainly a special building, you rarely see it.
Another great vlog, interesting piece of history.
Great video i only live a couple of miles from there I never new there was so many tunnels marple is steeped in history the Lyme kilns are worth a visit Thanks for visiting Marple comeback soon enjoyed the one you did at the underbanks in Stockport as well stay safe .and Thanks again
Wow Martin this video has shot up to one of my faves. Some fantastic stonework there. Tunnel heaven I think. Thanks so much really enjoyed hearing about the mill. Thanks so much for taking me along. Please stay safe and take care
Yet another great video. I don't want to take anything away from 'Time Team' but their programmes look at what 'might have been' using geo-phys and the like. Yes, they are very interesting and informative, but your videos are more relatable because they deal with structures that have left a visible footprint (like foundations, tunnels and the like) and are of more recent industrial heritage which a lot of us can relate to. Plus I love the banter with your 'team' of like minded 'explorers'. Thanks to you, had a good day out at 'Nob End' and this is another to add to my list. Keep up the good work.
malc bury, time team wouldnt crawl up tunnels. the health and safety people on their team wouldnt permit it.
An excellent video Martin. Well done the lads. A sad end to an amazing building.
Thanks David
That was brilliant.
A nice long story.
Took me two attempts to watch undisturbed.
Looked like a very enjoyable day.
Nice one,
Thankyou team.
Keep them coming.
👍👍👍👍
Thanks Bob was an enjoyable time there
That’s some crew you got with you on this adventure, A lot of biscuits for James to carry haha, Great tour of this grand old mill and the tunnels.
You are so lucky to have these old tunnels around and be able to explore them. It makes a fantastic video Martin. 👍
Still going through your older videos and the content here for a mill was brilliant. Fascinating tunnels and waterwheels.
Brilliant episode again Martin, thank you to you and the team. I first stumbled across these tunnels nearly 40 years ago on a bike ride with a mate. We always said we'd come back and explore further, we never did, no need to now, fascinating.
That sounds like me with Standedge tunnel Stephen. Planned to go back but it took 34 years to get back 😄
Those waterwheels must have been a sight to see when they were built, absolutely huge.
Yeah I bet they were amazing
hi , i was born in marple , i do believe , that oldknow was very good to his employees and did everything he could to ensure their lives were as pleasant as possible in that era , he did have a building as a living quarter’s for the children and women , and they would be travel from this building to the mill through these tunnels , we were all told as young children to keep away from these tunnels as they ran for miles. we were always told of our history .
elizabeth ann ferrario, i made my opinion on oldknow when i saw the truck money sign. if he was very good to his employees he wouldnt have forced them to pay their wages back to him through his shop. he might have been better than some other mill owners.
Your best video yet! Absolutely fascinating! Very sad how people and children were exploited ("I owe my soul to the company store") in those days by the likes of Oldknow but exploitation had not disappeared in the early 1900s. My Father and his sister were "part timers" which meant that, at the age of about 12, they went to school for half a day and worked in the mill for the other half a day alternating weekly between mornings and afternoons. I was born in Oldham but have lived most of my life in Australia, apart from a visit in 1962/63. I pride myself as being a proper Oldham lad having had two school holiday jobs in cotton mills in Oldham and Royton. At the Delta Mill in Royton, I was taken to see the engine room. The mill was, by then, powered by electricity and only a shadow of its former self. The driving wheel was gone but the wheel pit was an indicator of how big it had been and how the shafts had been driven on each floor.
The bonus tracks are hilarious. Keep 'em comin'!
Thank you Martin . Your videos are pure gold . Your team reminds me of The Wind in the Willows . You are Badger. HA HA HA.
martin and the lads never cease to amaze me the way you all scuttle around those tunnels i wouldnt do that . thanks again for a great view of our past .
Thanks William
Thank once again Martin for taking us all along with you and providing us with yet another fantastic glimpse into our industrial history. The quality of your research combined with the high production values of your videos, not to mention your clear, engaging explanation of what you show us is above and beyond the average RUclipsr.
You seem to fill a gap left behind by the late, great, Fred Dibnah. A Northern Tony Robinson if there is such a thing., and they ended up giving him a knighthood. Keep it up (sir) Martin 👏👏👏
Your journeys get more incredible! Thanks to you and your crew to bring us these wonderful videos!
Thoroughly enjoyed that one Martin 👍
Great way to start my Sunday! Thanks for the video Martin
Thanks very much hop you enjoy Hairy
What a fantastic place to explore, thanks loads, this means that I don't have to get dirty and drive loads of miles, you guys do it for me every week!
An amazing multi-faceted explore again Martin! A tremendous turmoil of tunnels!
Fascinating once again Martin and gang. This is the reason I so look forward to your videos.
I've never used the wild garlic leaves, I always use the flowers.
Another brilliant vid Martin. Love the way you insist on exploring the nooks and crannies lest you miss something interesting…..fantastic stuff!
Thanks Brizey
“Fantastic”. Paul Whitehouse’s character on ‘Fast Show’ was spot on…brilliant!
Some of that video reminded me of my pot holing days and reminded me it's a young / fit persons activity. Great video.
Good ol'l Martin and his brew time. Gotta love it.
Great upload and very interesting this should be preserved as a place of interest, a fascinating piece of history.
Another brilliant video Martin and the gang, I was looking forward to this video after we finished up chatting to you at the Costa coffee in Marple, when you had pre-visited the place, Let me tell everyone these guys are just as pleasant and amusing as they are on the videos, One of my favourite channels.
What an incredible explore. Absolutely brilliant. Well done. Loved the end when you all in river. Out takes funny. Fabulous filming and commentary.
Thanks Shirley
That was another incredible story Martin, thank you so much.
When younger and being from New Mills near Marple I used to mountain bike and walk around the Roman Lakes. An amazing and beautiful area. Another informative and amazing video. Amazing work Martin and friends.
I know of the village Mellor, but I never knew of this mill, Martyn. Obviously it was quite a huge place, but the amount of tunnels associated with it was truly staggering, and mostly constructed of dry stone. An excellent video with a good team and all. Many thanks.
Thanks very much Ffranc
That was yet another first class piece of work from the Martin team. Do you think that these were `cut and cover` tunnels as the ground appears to be shale which would be very hard to support. The egg shaped tunnel looks like a sewer with the narrow channel at the bottom to keep the water flowing fast to prevent blockages.
Big thanks, guys Incredible Video. The amount of work to construct all the tunnels & waterways is just mind-blowing.
Quite a place to say the main bit has gone
Another fantastic programme!
Thanks for all your work on the research, filming and editing of this film. It's opened up a whole new world for me as all I've ever done is trundle round on the surface. So glad you managed to make the film without any injuries to yourselves.
Thank you Joss
Loving the Blooper Reels.
Hi Martin. Another beauty and thanks to the folks who dug all of that out. Glad you mentioned the all suffering crew this time. Was that a model or a painting of the mill and manor house. It looked like shot from a 1930s or 40s movie when they used models to show scenes like that. This industry is yet another example of why the British Empire was so mighty when you have people like these who build and engineer all of that in the 1700 to 1800s. Cheers guys keep up the good work.
The model is on the top floor of Marple library. It was made by my grandfather, Tom Oldham, who was a local historian. He’d have loved to have seen all of the excavations
@@henrylowe7969 Thanks Henry. Looks like your grandfather put a lot of time and effort into it and left a view of a piece of history for future generations.
Hi Martin - really interesting. Up to a couple of years ago, I lived at Bottoms Hall just up the road from the Mill site. This was the Apprentice House where many of the child workers lived. In the garden there was a tunnel that allowed the children to walk to the mill without encountering unsavoury types allegedly. The tunnel is blocked after 5 or 6 m but would have been great to understand it's full route. I useful it to store fire wood!
Oh wow very interesting Chris
Another epic video. Very sad end to a major employer in the area at the time. Mr Oldknow wouldn't have been the only one who lost out when the mill burnt down. So many tunnels, a fascinating place.
Great vid as usual Martin. You mentioned Time Team at the start of the video, I've just finished watching the second new Time Team dig. For those who are fans and didn't know, the new digs are available on YT.
One of the best videos ever. Wish one of the wheels could be there.
What can I say...
Wow you've done it again.
What a remarkable place - and video. Brilliant. Cheers
very interesting place, thank you for sharing it with us
I think this explore is among one of your very best. What a fantastic site!
Keep these coming brilliant and such a great team 👍👍👍👍👍 from northern Ireland ☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️
What an amazing place. Full of history and such a wondrous adventure you too us on. Well done!
Another fascinating and well produced video. Thank you, Sir!!!
Hi Martin
The big archway next to the first water wheel well was a fireplace.The moisture created by the wheel was taken by a flue in the centre of a spiral staircase to floors above via ducts in the floors to suppress fire risk.Cheers buddy-great vid👍
I'm feeling abit 'W💙W' by this video. Thank you Martin and team. 😊
Thanks Donna
So very interesting. Thanks Martin and co!
CONGRATULATIONS ON SUCH STUNNING FOOTAGE..👍👍
Thank you
What you boys get up to is just amaZING. Keep them coming.
Thank you 👍
Thanks Martin and Team, Great Video
we tend to forget that these people were every bit as clever as we are today, its just they didn't have the technology we have now, hats off to these people and once again Martin and the lads a great informative film ,keep it up🏅
Your love of Tunnels is Great, I have a love for them as well, My wife says I suffer from Tunnelphanalia lol, So I’m going to say you suffer the same, Great vid Guys, loved it
Excellent explore Martin, the stone arch work in the tunnels reminds me of the old lead mines in the north pennines.
Could that unknown red line tunnel (17:00) be a diversion to run water through to the Waterloo wheel when the Wellington wheel was out of order (i.e. for maintenance)?
That was fantastic and a very well made in depth video.
What a place, its just a shame the house was also demolished.
What a brilliant video from you and the Gang. That place is amazing with all the underlying facts you told us about the place with not a stone unturned. Wow all those tunnels every where.
Must have been quite a site back in the day as the old photo's showed us. You can imagine that place on fire with all the wooded floors etc just collapsing along with the roof. Then you think of all those people who was working in that mill now have no jobs to go too. Not great jobs but that's the sort of jobs people did back in the day quite sad really. Its good that it's getting preserved and people can get to see some of the remains at last. Thanks for sharing these videos and stay safe.
Nice goin Martin, Jamie, Liam and Roy. Another goodie, Thanks m8, you and yours stay safe and well Eh!
Great work Martin & Gang.
Being a Romiley lad, and going to Marple Ridge High skool, Oldknow is a familiar name. Pops up everywhere locally. Arkwright is of course industrial revolution royalty. Sit up, folks, he change history. Ooo nostalgia.
Such amazing work on this! Loved the outtakes XD
Another amazing documentary Martin, thanks for sharing,
Thank you lads , for a rivviting account of a bygone age of ingenious productivity ....I was lost in the moment of all of this historical story....So much of our history has been lost , and you, Martin and pals , bring it back in all its glory..Thank you very much ! xxxx
Absolutely fascinating, thank you so much for making these amazing vlogs
Thanks Craig
Another fabulous informative video and thanks to you all for making it so interesting! I was supposed to be doing chores right now, but..... this was irresistable. Great work! I could not only imagine the noise and industry of the mill but could hear it and almost see it! And that was down to your clear explanation of how things worked. You all well deserved your brew today, but James how many times are you going to forget to bring a spoon? 😄 Another 43 minutes spent learning about our fascinating industrial and social history, much of which I'd never have known without you all! 👍
Fantastic video guys, so much to see, wish I could do this site but sadly I can't but watching you guys do it and show what is still out there. Many thanks, keep the videos coming.
Thanks you Martin for a nice video see you soon
Love your videos so much I'm going back over them. You're my favorate RUclipsr,
Excellent history trip ...
Wow brilliant video martin and team...those tunnels had me on edge..you guys are amazing...thank you for your amazing work...luv u guys
Fabulous close to genius and very informative.Thanks.
Thanks. Really interesting. It's hard to imagine how different the landscape was with industry everywhere but no concrete or tarmac. Houses were built anywhere because electricity or sewage, vehicular access weren't a consideration. I live in an agricultural area but i can think of one or two places where a lone old fruit tree in an arable field remains where an isolated house once stood.
man thats some crystal clear water
Nice isnt it Brian
Bloody amazing Martin, thats a unbelievable tunnel, top video that, 👏 👏
bloody hell fire that was absolutely brilliant
Fantastically interesting video, Martin. Really enjoyed it. Thank you!
And James knowing about wild garlic (Ramsons)? Mind blown. He obviously watches Atomic Shrimp's videos.
There's all sorts of stuff around there, I recall seeing a tunnel going down, and what might have been an adit, on the west side of the goyt between the mill and Marple Bridge, along the path that goes from the pub car park.
This is so beautiful and amazing. So glad they have saved what they have. Thank you for taking us with you on this amazing journey. Next time send James ahead to clear out the spiders for you hehehe. Love this video. I know more history about the Manchester area than I do about where I live lol. I think my mudlarking friends were surprised I had been watching you for a couple of years and I am so glad I found you because I have learned so much from you and the history of the area and it has been wonderful. Thank you Martin
Thanks very much. I need to do a spot of mudlarking myself
@@MartinZero Join up with one of the channels ... I would love to hear your knowledge on where they are and things... I wish I had teachers like you when I was in school lol I might have had better grades hahaha