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HELP US GET THROUGH YEAR 1 AND CREATE A THRIVING COMMUNITY ARTS CENTRE IN THE CALDER VALLEY BY DONATING AT OUR CROWDFUNDER
NEARLY 700 YEARS OF HISTORY
THE HISTORY OF CALLIS MILL DATES BACK TO 1353! IT WAS FORMERLY A COTTEN MILL WITH SPINNING AND WEAVING SHEDS AND WAS BY FAR THE LARGEST MILL IN CHARLESTOWN. IN 1861, IT WAS OWNED BY THE LACEY BROTHERS WHO WERE FAMOUS FOR REFUSING TO PAY RATES TO THE SOWERBY TOWNSHIP, DEMANDING THAT THEY PAY THE TOWNSHIP OF ERRINGDEN INSTEAD!
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE DOCUMENTED HISTORY OF THE BUILDING, PLEASE VISIT THIS FANTASTIC COLLECTION OF ARTICLES, DATA AND ANECDOTES CURATED BY HISTORIANS DOROTHY HARGREAVES AND LINDA BIGGS, WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RESEARCHED AND PROVIDED BY SHEILA WADE OF THE HEBDEN BRIDGE WEA LOCAL HISTORY GROUP