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Stone Tenter Posts Between Heights Farmhouse and Greaves Farmhouse

A Grade II Listed Building in Uppermill, Oldham

Tenter Posts, in Saddleworth, near Oldham

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Tenter Posts were used in the stretching and drying of woollen cloth.
The posts supported a framework with hooks.

These posts are situated between the Heights farmhouse and Greaves farmhouse, Thurston Clough Road, Saddleworth. They were erected in 1840 for Robert Greaves who was a flannel manufacturer.

It is where the phrase 'on tenterhooks', meaning stretched or worried, comes from.

Uploaded by Robin Chrystie on 14 August 2021

Photo ID: 269617
Building ID: 101068117
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