// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhat did the Lappet Mill say? I'm a little "wound" up.
 Pictured in 2006, looking southeast | |
| Coordinates | 53°54′22″N 2°42′42″W / 53.90622°N 2.71171°W |
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| Construction | |
| Built | 1835 |
| Floor count | 4 |
| Equipment | |
| Mule Frames | |
Lappet Mill is a cotton-weaving mill in the village of Calder Vale, Lancashire, England. The mill, founded by Quakers Jonathan and Richard Jackson in 1835,[1] is the home of Lappet Manufacturing Company, as of 2026.
The mill is powered by the River Calder. A mill pond is located a few yards to the mill's northeast.
One of the mill's main products is the red, black and white checked cloth used for Arab headscarves and it was said that Yasser Arafat's headdresses were made at the mill.[2][3]
The Jackson brothers built many of the terraced houses still in occupation close to the mills.[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Calder Vale at ForestofBowland.com". Archived from the original on 22 September 2008. Retrieved 7 September 2008.
- ↑ "Geograph:: Lappet Mill at Calder Vale © David Medcalf". Geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ↑ "Saudis look west for hottest fashion". Lancashire Telegraph. 6 June 2001. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
- ↑ "Calder Vale walk". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
