Pub history
The Scribbling Mill
Morley, southwest of the White Rose shopping centre, was famous for its textile industry, which is represented in the town’s coat of arms. The 18th century saw the first mills, driven by water wheels. By 1790, the Crank Mill (now grade II listed) was Yorkshire’s first steam-powered woollen scribbling mill, where wool was carded (combed) and prepared for spinning – one of an estimated 170 such mills in and around Leeds.
