Meanwood Tannery
(1857-present)

place and tannery

Aged 167

Commemorated on 1 plaque

Meanwood Tannery. The monks of Kirkstall Abbey had a water corn mill here in 1230. Milling continued until 1785 when Thomas Martin used the mill for paper-making. In 1857 Samuel Smith built this fine tannery. From 1911 to 1994 it was used as a fellmongery.

Mill Pond Close, Leeds, United Kingdom where it sited (1857)