History of Dukinfield Town Hall

Dukinfield Town Hall was built in Domestic Gothic Style. It was opened on 15th June 1901 by Alderman James Pickup, and cost £15,000 to erect from plans by J. Eaton and Sons of Ashton.

The clock is by J.R. Joyce of Whitchurch, and the five bells were cast by Taylor and Co of Loughborough.  Nowadays the town hall doubles as the borough register office and as a leisure centre.

J B Joyce & Co was established in 1690, and is arguably the oldest clockmaking company in the world. It became part of the Smith of Derby Group in 1965 www.smithofderby.com Information on William Potts & Sons available here: www.smithofderby.com/v2/projects/About%20us/pdf/AboutWmPotts.htm

John Taylor Bellfounders continues a line of bellfounding which has been unbroken since the middle of the 14th Century, when Johannes de Stafford was active only 10 miles from the site of the present foundry www.taylorbells.co.uk

• Colonel Duckenfield News - Sunday, 1st April 2007 

To celebrate the reopening of the fully refurbished Dukinfield Town Hall in February 2005, a booklet was produced:

• Welcome
• Town Hall Tale
• Dukinfield and the Charter
• Dukinfield Civic Silver
• A Chronology of Dukinfield
• First Town Council 1899/1900
• Last Town Council 1973/1974
• Freemen of the Borough
• Mayors of the Borough