Monument record MDR5672 - Highfield Mills, Canal Street, Long Eaton

SK 484344 Highfield Mills. A single-storey shed type lace factory of 1903 with later additions to the east and west. Built by the Crowe family of lace manufacturers who continued in occupation until after the Second World War. Originally powered by a 60 HP gas engine. Now [in1986] occupied by Wade Upholstery. (1) This single-storey factory, nicknamed 'The Rokkery Nook' was planned in 1903 for the Levers lace maker, A Crowe. Between 1912 and 1925 four Crowe firms had machines in this factory, which remained in the ownership of the family into the 1950s. In 1959 it was used by three lace firms and an insulating material manufacturer. (2)