Factory and mill. External dimensions of main part 23ft x 11ft. Dimensions of room accessible - sides 12ft 6in x 5ft 8in x 11ft 3in x 10ft 10in, height 11ft 8in. Height of whole building 22ft. Not used now except for storage. Wheels removed, building very neglected. Later addition, date unknown. Modern building constructed adjacent to old mill. This mill almost completely gutted by fire in early Aug 1963. Owners are Adlington, Candwell and Taylor since 1880. Water wheel replaced by turbine, 2nd largest in England. Water came from reservoir. All machinery removed in 1920s. (1)
The 1839 waterwheel was 36ft diameter by 8ft wide. It was replaced by a turbine later on. Later on still it was repalced by an 11 HP beam steam engine. (3)
This is the second King's Mill, built to replace the one which was drowned by the construction of King's Mill Reservoir, 1839. (4).
Site of the first of a series of cotton mills built by the Duke of Portland in the late 8th-early 19th centuries, but now demolished. (5)
See M2825 for King's Mill 1.

Data Held (Document). SNT2647.

Sketch, IS card

<1> CBA, Industrial Survey, Recorded by JA Anderson, 14-Jun-1973, Record No.NT70 (Published document). SNT184.

Other Refs: IA4 50/2

<2> Groves WH, 1894, History of Mansfield, p 240 (Published document). SNT733.

<3> Morley D, 1997, Corn and Cotton - Waterpower in Notts (draft), p 19 (Unpublished document). SNT1693.

<4> Baddeley V, 2000, Pers Comm (Personal comment). SNT1464.

<5> Historic England, 2021, National Record of Historic Environment (Digital archive). SNT5271.

<6> Data Held: Ground Photograph (Ground photograph). SNT2646.

1 BW print, SMR