Butterfield Family, Sopwell Mill, 1920s.

iBase ID

10354

Title

Butterfield Family, Sopwell Mill, 1920s.

Short Title

Butterfield Family, Sopwell Mill, 1920s.

Collection

[not our collections]

Sub collection

Wickens Family

Description

Sopwell Mill, Cottonmill Lane, St Albans. This mill was run by the Butterfield family from 1844 - 1931. George Butterfield ran the mill from 1844, when it was part of the Gorhambury estate. His brother Edward farmed at Sopwell Farm. When George Butterfield was unable to work following an accident around 1907, his eldest son George (4th from the right in this photograph) took over the running of the mill. He was forced to see the Mill in 1931 due to financial problems and the decline of the flour milling industry. Butterfield Lane off Cottonmill Lane is named after the family. Kindly loaned to St Albans Museums for reproduction and inclusion in this image database from the family collection of Mrs M. Wickens.

Type of Original

photographic print

Original Photographer or Artist

[unknown]

Period of Original

inter-War years (1918 - 1939)

Neg No.

PX9878

High Resolution File Name

PX9878_ButterfieldFamily.tif

High Resolution CD No

CD 1009

Raw File CD No

CD 1011

Scanned From

12)original photograph

Scanned By

Amy Cooke

2)© reserved

Location in Image

Sopwell Mill, Cottonmill Lane, St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK.

Compiled By

Amy Cooke

Date Compiled

01/05/2009

Original File Details

Uploaded By

tasks-admin

Uploaded On

2016-02-29 21:35:24

File Name

21822_4.jpg

File Type

Image

File Extension

JPEG

Size

429.00 KB

Height (pixels)

2108 px

Width (pixels)

3018 px

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