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Until the 1950s Middle Mill Weir occupied the centre of this view, but the bridge over the weir remains as an important pedestrian link to the sportsfields and parks on the north bank of the River.

Chesapeake Mill dates back to 1820 and was built by John Prior, a miller, partly of woodwork from an American warship of that name, captured by the much smaller British HMS 'Shannon' off Boston Harbour

When the railway came to Grange-over-Sands in 1857 it signalled the town's rapid expansion as a seaside resort for visitors from the industrial mill towns of Lancashire.

On the right an old sycamore tree shades what is left of the village stocks.The film 'Whistle Down The Wind' with Hayley Mills was filmed in and around Downham village.

In more recent years the famous Mill Reef took the title.

Situated on the Avon, Cropthorne Mill has often attracted the attentions of artists and photographers.

Amberley played its part in the cloth making industry, but the larger houses built on the higher level of the steep hillside were well away from the clatter and bustle of the working mills

The Fosse Way runs down from the right of this picture to meet the Avon and follow it to Bath, three miles away.

The ornate, ballustraded Tone Libraries shop on the right was built onto the front of the old Swan Inn in 1907, and the Town Mills continued operating in the street until 1969.

It was wool and brewing that put Romsey on the map; several mills were established on the picturesque streams and watercourses of the River Test, which is fed by clear springs under the chalk soil and

This is a wonderful old view of bygone years, with the old mill, the bridge and longhorn cattle crossing the river. The name Sturry means 'Stour-y', on or by the Stour.

One of the college's more interesting pupils was Joseph Wright who had begun working at Salt's Mill, Saltaire when he was just seven years old.

Silk mills later developed at the bottom of the street. In this street are Sexey's almshouses, dating from 1638.

The name of this café, and the two grinding stones from the mill that lean by the doorway, explain the changing nature of the countryside in these decades.

Corfe Mullen had a mill as long ago as the Domesday Book; it retained its independence until well into the 20th century, when its great neighbour Poole began to creep out towards it.

The 17th-century mill at Harlow was part of the manor of Harlowbury. It was the main source of power to grind corn and other purposes for the parish at that time.

Saltaire owes its existence to Sir Titus Salt, who moved his alpaca and mohair mills here in the 1850s. Sir Titus was convinced that his workers needed a healthier environment to live and work in.

Most of the town's finest buildings are Georgian - the woollen mills and the merchants' houses. Bath stone was used for many of the buildings.

He had previously made his fortune as a cotton mill owner and by investing in the railways.

Here we see a typical Broadland brick tower drainage mill. It has four patent sails and a fantail, and drove a turbine pump.

The water wheel and mill race have gone, however, removed as part of a flood prevention scheme carried out in the 1980s.

This view from the banks of the River Great Ouse looks towards the village, with the tower mill in the distance.

The tiny hamlet grew around a paper mill, opened in the 1840s by the Parke family beside the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.

The hatch cover of the square-rigged wherry 'Widgeon' has been lifted away in sections for its cargo of planks to be offloaded - they are stacked neatly under the stone arches of the mill.