Description:Leek Carnival procession passing by Tatton's Mill in 1953. The float features an Elizabethan galleon. this building was largely destroyed by fire in 1975.
William Tatton (1837-1904) began his silk dyeing business when he bought the silk mill at Upperhulme in 1869. His father, Samuel Tatton (1816-1899) was also a silk dyer. From 1924 the works also wound rayon filament yarn, and in 1928 warping machines were introduced. The company also had warping machines in Shoobridge Street, Leek until 1931, when a new factory was built at Upper Hulme to house all the machines. The company acquired the mill at Mayfield in 1934. needing more space, in 1945 William Stannard & Co. Ltd.'s mill on Buxton Road was acquired. In 1970 production was moved from Upper Hulme to the firm's premises in Buxton Road, Leek.
The last surviving building on the site, Eaton House, was occupied by Your Moorlands, who manage social housing in the area, but was demolished around 2019 and a new care home built on the site.