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The paper mill was built on the site of a corn mill called Okestubbe Mill, which was owned by St Neots Priory and continued to operate until the early 19th century.

Wind, water and steam mills are all sited together: here we see a Kentish-style smock mill, together with a large brick-built water mill and a steam mill. A

Viewed from the island in the Thames, this view is much changed: the lock was renewed in 1961, and Shiplake Mill has been completely demolished.

Backbarrow Cotton Mill was notorious for its bad treatment of the children who worked there. Originally, it was a corn mill, and then a paper mill, before becoming a cotton mill.

Mills were frequently rebuilt, and this mill replaces one that was burnt down in the 17th century.

Loftus Mill and the land around it belonged to Lord Zetland.

In this picture, Anton Mill, some distance down-river beside Barlows Lane, can be compared with the Town Mill. This pleasant Georgian building was taken over by Hovis in 1914.

This post mill was rebuilt in 1788 and 1844, retaining a main beam dated 1644. It was featured in an early film about milling in 1939, And Now They Rest.

Further down-river, Rooksbury Mill stands on the edge of town as the only other mill still existing. In 2001 the Council bought Rooksbury Mill and its use as a fisherman's club may change.

Union Mill is a white weatherboarded Kentish-style smock mill on a three-storey octagonal brick base with a staging. It has four patent shuttered sails and a fantail.

The Riverside Town Mills of W Hooker and Sons are situated just to the left of the stretch of water visible in this photograph.

This post mill is thought to date from the 17th century, and is perhaps the oldest working post mill in the country.

A dummy smock mill, this was built as an empty shell with no milling machinery. It was built to replace an earlier mill that was destroyed by fire. Now conserved, it forms part of a busy guesthouse.

Substantial tree growth has filled the gaps around the dwelling house in our picture, and the height of the trees has rendered the windmill barely visible from Moor Lane.

An exception is the superb five sailed mill, which takes its name from the Maud Foster drain flowing alongside.

This view of the village on the hill from Hebden Road is dominated by the two big mills, the Ivy Bank Mills on the left and Bridgehouse Mill in the foreground.

An exception is the superb five sailed mill, which takes its name from the Maud Foster drain flowing alongside.

Since 1895 the two buildings to the right of the mill have been replaced by a four- storey brick-built roller mill.

Maiden Newton's mill is probably situated on the site of many earlier mill buildings. There are records of settlements here dating back to the Roman occupation.

The pathway and river lead to Wyniard Mill (on the far left), which was a cloth mill in the late 16th to the early 17th century.

It is the Great Mill, or Black Mill, which is the interesting element of this photograph.

Beside the quiet mill-pond at Flatford Mill stands Willy Lott's Cottage, instantly recognisable as the setting for Constable's famous painting 'The Hay Wain'.

In common with other mills in the area, it is a post mill, with the mill revolving round the central post.

Maiden Newton's mill is probably situated on the site of many earlier mill buildings. There are records of settlements here dating back to the Roman occupation.