Kingfisher Mill

[Iona]

I wonder if there has been some confusion with the name of Kingfisher Mews, built at near the canal at Possett Bridge  (the site of the old Liberal Club, IIRC), not far from the site of Hollins Mill.

Yes possibly, for what it's worth I've looked at other photographs in the Stockport Archive and the titles/descriptions are very confused - not as well managed as Marple's!

[My login is Henrietta]

The same image is on the Virtual Tour with a series of other aerial shots and if you are a registered user you can see much larger versions. http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/displayimage.php?pid=3825

It's definitely the site of Hollins Mill  - I've never heard it referred to as Kingfisher Mill before and there is no mention of this in Historic Industries of Marple and Mellor, which is the 'bible' for this kind of stuff. So, a mistake I'm pretty sure.

I wonder if there has been some confusion with the name of Kingfisher Mews, built at near the canal at Possett Bridge  (the site of the old Liberal Club, IIRC), not far from the site of Hollins Mill.

[My login is Henrietta]

The same image is on the Virtual Tour with a series of other aerial shots and if you are a registered user you can see much larger versions. http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/displayimage.php?pid=3825

It's definitely the site of Hollins Mill  - I've never heard it referred to as Kingfisher Mill before and there is no mention of this in Historic Industries of Marple and Mellor, which is the 'bible' for this kind of stuff. So, a mistake I'm pretty sure.

I think I'm older than you, Mark, and new the Hollins Mill when it was working and no-one, including the people I knew who worked there, called it anything other than the Hollins

[Iona]

Thanks Mark, I thought it was most probably an error.

[admin]

The same image is on the Virtual Tour with a series of other aerial shots and if you are a registered user you can see much larger versions. http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/displayimage.php?pid=3825

It's definitely the site of Hollins Mill  - I've never heard it referred to as Kingfisher Mill before and there is no mention of this in Historic Industries of Marple and Mellor, which is the 'bible' for this kind of stuff. So, a mistake I'm pretty sure.

[Iona]

Thanks Mark, I did try to add the link yesterday but it didn't work. However I've  been back on the Stockport site and emailed it to you direct from there. Hope you can shed some light on it.

[admin]

Can you provide a link to the image?

[Iona]

I have just been looking at the photographs on the Stockport MBC image archive and found an aerial image of Marple that claims to show Kingfisher Mill before its demolition in the 1980's. However the building they refer to looks like Hollins Mill to me. Is it just a mistake or is there any connection?