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Mill - flax

Grange (Cork By., Douglas ED), County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Mill - flax, Grange, County Cork, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Grange (Cork By., Douglas ED)
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Douglas Woollen Mills (1933)
Coordinates
51.86893, -8.44077
SMR number
CO086-100----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Roadside in Donnybrook. Rectangular 5-storey, 10-bay brick-built flax spinning mill designed by R. Brash and built in 1866 for Wallis and Pollock; 1-bay extension to E. Mill foundation of concrete; damaged by fire in 1919 and roof replaced. Internal flooring consists of a matrix of brick, segmental 'jack' arches which are supported on four tiers of cast-iron girders. Two-storey engine and boiler house attached at E end housed Inglis Corliss engine (C. Rynne, forthcoming). Two-storey gabled brick-built offices attached to E. Long one-storey brick-built range to W with modern buildings attached. Closed in 1885 but reopened in 1890 after being re-fitted as a woollen mill (Foley 1991, 31). All now part of industrial estate.

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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