Hunslet Mill

Hunslet Mill was constructed by William Fairbairn for John Wilkinson and completed circa 1842.

[1] By 1847 some 1,500 female staff were employed in the mill reeling flax.

[1] It was occupied by a firm of linen manufacturers called Richard Buckton and Son[2] from 1868[3] and then by a firm of blanket weavers called Dodgson and Hargreaves from the mid-1920s[4] until it closed in 1966.

However these development plans ultimately failed to commence,[9] meaning that the complex remained derelict until the current developers, JM Construction, bought the site in the mid 2010s.

The development, which is called Victoria Riverside,[11] is scheduled for completion by the end of 2023.