Lost Benyons Beck in Leeds
We trace the lost Benyons Beck in Holbeck in Leeds - an important Leeds beck which was involved in the evolution of the flax industry in Leeds. The history of Holbeck in Leeds is uncovered. Find out who the Benyons were; and how they teamed up with the British businessman and politician John Marshall to lead the way in the UK flax industry and build the world’s first skyscraper at Ditherington Mill in Shropshire.
0:00 Benyons Beck
0:35 Hol Beck Leeds
1:07 Sources of the Hol Beck
1:40 Low Beck Leeds
2:18 Tracing Low Beck in Leeds
3:23 Hol Beck and Benyons Beck map
4:55 Tracing Benyons Beck
6:30 Who were the Benyons?
7:43 Ditherington Flax Mill
8:38 Benyons Mill
10:19 Remaining clues of Benyons Beck
12:10 Marshall's Mills
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