Oats Royd Mill

Oats Royd Mill is remarkable for its open setting on the hillside above Luddenden village, Nr. Halifax. 
Founded in 1847 by John Murgatroyd & Son it was run as a worsted spinning and manufacturing works, and was one of the largest concerns in the upper Calder valley. At its peak in the early 1900's the company employed 1,500 people. 
The mill ceased production in 1983 and in February 1989 a devastating fire totally gutted the centre six storey building. However a £5 million rebuilding programme which ended in 2006 sympathetically rebuilt the mill and it is now a much desired residential complex.