Calico and tape mill. Nothing survives, so far as is known, to indicate the location of Richard Gorton's mill, in which a Boulton and Watt steam engine was being installed as early as 1787. It was destroyed by fire in 1792 (this one or M4396?), but its remains were used as a malt kiln for some years. (1)
Gorton built a factory at Cuckney in 1787, close by a stream, but powered their frames by a 14hp Boulton & Watt "sun and planet" engine. Judging from the correspondence with Boulton & Watt the engine did not serve the frames well, and was sold in 1794. (2)
Gorton's Mill, on corner of Cresswell Road - slight remains. Visible on map, perhaps 1881. (3)
NB One IS card has this grid ref, but refers to Topliss Mill, M4396.
See M4396, M4409 for other mills.

<1> Smith DM, 1965, The Industrial Archaeology of the East Midlands, p 242 (Published document). SNT1304.

<2> Chapman SD, 1967, The Early Factory Masters, p 106 (Published document). SNT2614.

<3> Ibbotson PJ, 1990, Pers Comm (Personal comment). SNT822.