THIS IS WITNEY BLANKET HALL
WITNEY BLANKET HALL IS OPEN (AND FREE TO ENTER) EVERY DAY FROM WEDNESDAY TO SATURDAY FROM 10AM TO 5PM. (Details HERE)
After 1845 the New Mills established their own measuring, and the redundant Blanket Hall became variously a Brewery, Lemonade Factory, Engineering Shop, Office of births marriages & deaths, Dancing School, & for a few years a distinctive Gentleman’s House.
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During most of its History, the Hall was also where many of the town's publick meetings took place, the death of Kings solemnly commemorated, & the birth of Princes celebrated with great Feasts. In the 18th century, the Hall housed the town’s Fire Pump.
WITNEY BLANKET HALL was built in 1721 by the Company of Blanket Makers. For over 120 years, every Blanket woven in the town came to the Hall to be weighed & measured, and upstairs in the Great Room the Company set the Rules for the Trade.
The Shop
WITNEY BLANKET HALL has lately re-opened its doors on the High Street to reveal this illustrious past and to offer our woollen throws, fine coffee, beers & ciders, excellent pies, & Assemblies (both commercial & cultural.)
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Visitor, you are Welcome.
The Great Room
The Pieshop
The Stair Hall