Urbex: Allinson Mill aka Castleford Stoneground Flour – West Yorkshire – February 2013
A little wiki history
Dr Thomas Allinson was born in the Hulme district of Manchester in 1858. He trained as a medical doctor in Edinburgh, graduating in 1879. He founded the first Allinson mill in 1892 in Bethnal Green as Dr Allinson’s Natural Food Company. It was the first to produce wholemeal/wholegrain flour. His slogan was Health without Medicine. Allinson was viewed as an eccentric because of his advocation of vegetarianism (in particular of wholegrain bread) and opposition to many medical practices of the time. Two more mills were bought in Castleford and Newport in Wales.
The company was joined with six others to form Allied Bakeries by Willard Garfield Weston in 1935.
The company has advertised on TV with Brian Glover declaring it’s Bread wi’ Nowt Taken Out. It gave the impression that Thomas Allinson would have had a Yorkshire accent, but that would not have been the case.
My Visit
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Hi, please can you send me some prices for prints of the Allinson’s flour mill photos. (In particular the 2 night time external photos and the day-time photo with the wooden extension and weir in the background.
Cheers, Carol
Hi Carol, I have sent you an email. Thanks for your enquiry 🙂 PM
what fantastic photos. Its a shame the mill has been left as it has. It ought to be brought back to life and opened as a museum,it would ve a great assett to castleford. Saw the mill today with the floodwater flowing past it. Really beautiful.
Hi Martin,
Would you believe it if I told you that that is exactly what happened. I visited just before works commenced to recommission some of the grinding stones and about 6 months later the place was opened as a working museum. As far as I’m aware it still remains so but I don’t think it is open everyday.
Thanks for the comment 🙂
PM
I Luv your work, the Mill is now owned by the community, I am one of the staff members, it aims to become a heritage community hub of castleford. we are just about to restart reproducing flour again and we have an onsite baker. brilliant photos that really capture the personality of the building….