Briar Mill

Briar Mill Ltd built this mill in 1906 to the design of Philip Sydney Stott. In 1915 the cotton spinning here was undertaken with 96,768 mule spindles and 25,088 ring spindles. IAfter bankruptcy the company was refloated as Briar Mill (1920) Ltd. In about 1955 the Lancashire Cotton Corporation took over, and in 1964 it [assed to Courtaulds Ltd. Converted as a warehouse and distribution centre of catalogue for J.D. Williams Ltd in 1968, it continues in this use along with the adjacent Lilac Mill to which it is now connected by a bridge. Current operations here are by Fulfillment Logistics, a division of J.D. Williams.