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A horse and cart can be seen in the far distance, while the footbridge on the right crosses the Morland Beck, which once powered several small mills in the village.

Former mill workers' houses, now modernised, line the beck. Low Row is to the left, the lowest of three similar rows; Middle Row had been demolished by the time of the picture.

The mill was built in the 1800s and continued to operate until 1921, when it and the maltings were converted into an unusual home.

The stream running through the village was dammed in the 19th century to supply water for Bristol and three local mills.

Another lost chapel is one thought to have been dedicated to St James at Lord's Mill Bridge, of which no trace remains.

We are not far from Sandford Mill here: a view which, despite its proximity to the ever-expanding Chelmer Village, has so far escaped development.

There are any number of pictures of the mills in the archive, but not a single one of the twenty-three arched railway viaduct straddling the valley of the Bollin.

This quiet scene shows a drainage tower mill starting to fall into disrepair: two blades of the fantail are missing. The patent sails appear to be empty of shutters.

This quiet scene shows a drainage tower mill starting to fall into disrepair: two blades of the fantail are missing. The patent sails appear to be empty of shutters.

The canons developed a series of pools along Finham Brook to provide water power for their mills, as well as fish and fowl for food.

Abundant, fast-flowing streams made Stroud an important mill town in the Middle Ages, when water wheels turned the stones that ground the corn.

After the Great War, Housing Acts provided local authorities with government funding to build houses, which opened up areas such as the Sea Mills Estate to residential development.

The view from the gritstone escarpment of the Ravenstones above Cross Hills, near Keithley, overlooks the broad Aire Valley and towards the distant limestone uplands of Craven.

It was dammed into ponds to feed corn and paper mills, with sluices (foreground) to remove trapped silt. To the right is the entrance to Jacob's Ladder - 274 steps leading to an observation tower.

In the 19th century, a railway brought Brendon Hills iron ore here for shipment to Wales. In the 20th century, ships brought in esparto grass for the town's paper mills.

Britain's most important centre for the manufacture of broadcloth, this mill town sprawls across its wide valley, a huge piece of industrialisation in a wonderfully natural setting.

Since then, it has undergone massive refurbishment and changes of name before becoming The Mill House.

A mill still survives close to the centre: Hardman`s, whose top is just visible behind the ABC Cinema (centre).

The earliest slitting mill in the Midlands is thought to have opened at Rugeley in 1623.

In the 18th century, textile and lace industries developed here, because of the abundance of fast-flowing rivers, and there are still working paper mills in the area today.

The chimneys of the textile mills fill the valley bottom, alongside the winding railway line and grim terraces of the millworkers' cottages. Above them, the moors watch over, unchanged.

The clock tower, erected in 1902 in memory of George the son of Potto Brown, still provides shelter for visitors on their way to visit the famous mill or using the Ouse Valley Way.

The lock allowed the maintenance of the necessary water levels downstream to Dicker's Mill.

This view of the parish church of St Nicolas is from the corner of Bartholomew Street and West Mills.