Union Mills

infobox UK place
crown_dependency = Isle of Man
official_name= Union MillsMwyllin Doo Aah
manx_name=
latitude= 54.168
longitude= -4.521
population = (2006 Census)
manx_parish= Braddan
manx_shedding= Middle
constituency_manx_parliament= Middle
post_town= ISLE OF MAN
postcode_district = IM4
postcode_area= IM
dial_code= 01624
map_type = Isle of Man
os_grid_reference= SC354777
douglas_distance=
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Infobox TT course
Name = Union Mills


Caption =
Latitude = 54.168
Longitude = -4.521
Nogeotitle = x
OSgridref = SC354777
Parish = Braddan
Distance =
Follows = Ballahutchin Hill
Precedes = Braddan BridgeUnion Mills ( _gv. Mwyllin Doo Aah) is a village in the parish of Braddan on the A1, the primary road which connects Douglas and Peel in the Isle of Man, close to the River Dhoo.

History

The village was known from 1511 as _gv. "Mullin Doway" (The Mill on the Black Ford). In 1807 a cloth mill was added to the original corn mill by William Kelly. The new company was called Flail and Fleece United and card money issued by the companycite journal
title = Union Mills
journal = Journal Manx Museum
volume = 2
issue = 41
publisher = Manx Museum
location = Douglas, Isle of Man
url = http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/gazateer/umills.htm
accessdate = 2008-09-04] with the inscription "I promise to pay the Bearer on demand Five Shillings British. (Wm. Kelly) Union Mills (4 Sept. 1811)." Only a few walls remain of the original mill but the millhouse still stands in the village.cite journal
last = Lewthwaite
first = Priscilla
title = Union Mills in the 19th Century
journal = Isle of Man Family History Society Journal
volume = VII
issue = 2
date = April 1985
publisher = Isle of Man Family History Society
location = Douglas, Isle of Man
url = http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/famhist/v07n2.htm#49-53
accessdate = 2008-09-04] There is a Memorial Hall in the village and also the Snubborough Trading Estate. The Memoral Hall is dedicated to John Dalrymple Maitland who fell casualty to a battlefield in France on 21 February, 1916 during World War I. He was the son of Dalrymple Maitland who was Speaker of the House of Keys from 1909 to 1919 and who died at his home Brook Mooar in the village on 25 March 1919.cite journal
title = Memorial Notices - Dalrymple Maitland S.H.K.
journal = Journal Manx Quarterly
volume = V
issue = 21
date = 1920
publisher = Isle of Man Examiner
location = Douglas, Isle of Man
url = http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/gazateer/umills.htm
accessdate = 2008-09-04]

naefell Mountain course location

Union Mills village is situated between the second and third milestones of the Snaefell Mountain Course road-racing circuit and is part of both the Isle of Man TT course used since 1911 and the Manx Grand Prix since 1923.

Railway

The Union Mills station was one of the original stations on the Isle of Man Railway's Douglas to Peel line. It was located at the east side of the A1 just south of the junction with the A22. The station was opened on 1 July, 1873. The line was a single track, but at Union Mills it had a passing loop. The line closed on 13 November, 1965 due to the poor condition of the track. The line was re-opened on 3 June, 1967, however after further financial problems the line and the Union Mill station were finally closed on 7 September, 1968.

Douglas to Peel Railway Lines Mountain Bike & Heritage Trail

The trackbed through Union Mills now forms part of a long distance footpath and cycleway. A short section of the track has been reinstated where the station once stood together with a rail mounted crane in memorial to the Douglas to Peel line.cite web
last = Wright
first = Paul
title = Disused stations site record, station name: Union Mills
publisher = disused-stations.org.uk
date = 2007-06-21
url = http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/u/union_mills/index.shtml
accessdate = 2008-09-04] cite web
title = Douglas to Peel - Railway Lines Mountain Bike Trail
publisher = Isle of Man Government
date = 2008
url = http://www.visitisleofman.com/activities/events/mountainbiking/railwaylines.xml
accessdate = 2008-09-04] cite web
title = Douglas to Peel - Heritage Trail
publisher = Isle of Man Guide
url = http://www.iomguide.com/heritagetrail.php
accessdate = 2008-09-04]

Facilities

The Railway Inn is located on Main Road in the village. There is also a former Methodist Church. There are two campsite, at Glelough Farm and also at Union Mills Football Club. The Wesleyan Methodist Chapel foundation stone was laid on 6 March, 1930. The previous chapel also still stands.cite web
title = Union Mills Wesleyan Methodist Chapels
publisher = isle-of-man.com
date = 1999
url = http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/methdism/chapels/umills.htm
accessdate = 2008-09-04]

port

Union Mills F.C. football club are located at Garey Mooar, Ballaotes Road. They compete in the Isle of Man Football League. Union Mills cricket club is located at the cricket ground, Ballaoates.cite web
title = The Isle of Man Cricket Association clubs
publisher = The Isle of Man Cricket Association
date = 2008
url = http://www.icc-europe.org/ISLEOFMAN/DATABASE/ADMIN/about.shtml
accessdate = 2008-09-04] In 2008 they competed in the Standard Bank Twenty20 Division Two.cite web
title = The Isle of Man Cricket Association Standard Bank Twenty20 Division Two
publisher = The Isle of Man Cricket Association
date = 2008
url = http://www.icc-europe.org/ISLEOFMAN/DATABASE/2008/LEAGUES/forrester1.shtml
accessdate = 2008-09-04]

References

External links

* [http://www.manxscenes.com/01&2/Mar%2003/Union%20Mills.htm Image of the old Douglas to Peel Line at Union Mills]