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Styal Mill 1. Why did Samuel Greg establish a cotton mill at Styal in 1784? (5) Samuel Greg chose to establish a cotton mill as he had a lot of previous experience as his uncle was a fustian dealer and had made him partner in his business. In 1782 his uncle died and Samuel inherited a large amount of money, about £27,000 in total from land, machinery and in cash, so Samuel wanted to invest his money. At this time cotton was a new and upcoming fabric, it was wanted by everyone, it was in fashion and was cheap. Samuel took his time finding the perfect place to have his mill and the land at styal was cheap as it couldn't be used for farming and it also had the River Bollin right next to it which was very important as it could run the water wheel. Also there was plenty of...

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