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Bob Dobson · 12-07-2021, 14:46

HV Mills was born in Accrington. His father was a railway engineer then living on Richmond St, which is not far from Charter Street where the engine sheds were located. Herbert was apprenticed as a railway engineer, but soon after qualifying, he went to attend what would become the Unitarian College and Owens College, which would become Manchester University.(1876-79) He left to become a minister in Bolton, Colne, Liverpool and Kendal. His father, Edmund, was a trustee of Accrington's Unitarian church, built in Oxford St in 1859/60.
Whilst serving at Kendal he took a great deal of interest in the social conditions of working class people and attracted some influential social workers to live in a colony at nearby Starnthwaite. He directed the group for nine years, with some success. He left in 1916 in failing health, but in 1922 resumed his ministry in Bridegwater for three years, then at Islington, London and Glasgow.

Mills was a highly-respected socialist, known for his work with young people and the working classes.

12-07-2021, 14:46	#1
Bob Dobson Senior Member+ Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Staining, Blackpool Posts: 3,096 Liked: 407 times Rep Power: 158674	Herbert Vincent Mills 1856-1928 HV Mills was born in Accrington. His father was a railway engineer then living on Richmond St, which is not far from Charter Street where the engine sheds were located. Herbert was apprenticed as a railway engineer, but soon after qualifying, he went to attend what would become the Unitarian College and Owens College, which would become Manchester University.(1876-79) He left to become a minister in Bolton, Colne, Liverpool and Kendal. His father, Edmund, was a trustee of Accrington's Unitarian church, built in Oxford St in 1859/60. Whilst serving at Kendal he took a great deal of interest in the social conditions of working class people and attracted some influential social workers to live in a colony at nearby Starnthwaite. He directed the group for nine years, with some success. He left in 1916 in failing health, but in 1922 resumed his ministry in Bridegwater for three years, then at Islington, London and Glasgow. Mills was a highly-respected socialist, known for his work with young people and the working classes.