NO Styal Mill was not a workhouse it was a Mill for producing cotton There was a workhouse opposite the mill on the other side of Stayal Road.
This was a over spill for Manchester.
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Nobody would try to escape from the workhouse they could leave whenever they wanted as long as they gave 24 hour notice.
they were fed greul and porridge
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Board of Guardians are the people in charge of a Workhouse
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Styal, although the village was there well before the mill, it was just expanded.
Quarry Bank Mill in Styal, Cheshire, was founded by Samuel Greg in 1784. He was a successful entrepreneur and businessman who built the mill to produce cotton.
It's a preserved and still opertional (but only for the public) silk weaving mill. It has a visitor centre and a shop, as well as a fully functioning beam engine.
The population of Styal is 5,014.
Styal Line was created in 1909.
Styal railway station was created in 1909.
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Holywell Workhouse Chapel was created in 1884.
Cleveland Street Workhouse was created in 1778.
they had to stay at the workhouse until they died and there job was to make weapons for the children