New Mills
Coordinates: 53°22′01″N 2°00′25″W / 53.367°N 2.007°W
New Mills is a town in Derbyshire, England. It is eight miles from Stockport. It is by the rivers Goyt and Sett. It is very near the county of Cheshire. It has a population of 10,000.
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 Torr Vale Mill in 1982 when the mill was still in use. |
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 New Mills shown within Derbyshire | |
| Population | 9,625 (Parish) |
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| OS grid reference | SJ995855 |
| Civil parish | New Mills |
| District | High Peak |
| Shire county | Derbyshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HIGH PEAK |
| Postcode district | SK22 |
| Dialling code | 01663 |
| Police | Derbyshire |
| Fire | Derbyshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | High Peak |
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History
New Mills most known employer is Swizzels Matlow, who make children's sweets. The company transferred to New Mills from London during the Blitz.[1] Famous brands include Parma Violets, Refresher chews, Drumstick lollies and - perhaps most famously - Love Hearts
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Swizzels Matlow, Newtown (top)
The Union Bridge and the packhorse bridge it replaces. The gritstone strata of the gorge are visible.
New Mills Town Hall (built 1871, clock tower added 1875)
The Torrs is a gorge through Woodhead Hill Sandstone in New Mills. The River Sett approaches its confluence with the River Goyt. Spanning the Sett is the 1864 viaduct on the Hope Valley Line, which has emerged from a tunnel on the right, under Union Road.
The Millennium Walkway showing the part cantilevered from the railway embankment, and the part supported by pillars set in the river bed
Torrs Hydro, New Mills is in New Mills, a village in the Peak District. It lies close to the confluence of the River Sett and the
"Robert Hibbert 21 March 1913 Aged 76 Cotton Spinner New Mills Stockport and founder of new town in that district"
Providence United Reformed Church – exterior view
New Mills Central railway station 70 feet (21 m) lies above the River Goyt in the Torrs. Beneath the railway is the Millennium Walkway, with Torr Vale Mill on the opposite bank.
The Peak Forest Canal wharf at Newtown
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References
- ↑ "Swizzels Matlow". Archived from the original on 2009-07-03. Retrieved 2009-06-01.