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A corn mill flourished here from the 12th century until 1915, powered by water. Boat building was carried on, and sailcloth was made in cottages equipped with handlooms.

The waters once attracted pilgrims and later powered a flour mill on this site.

Canal Street, Wharf Street, and Mill Lane on the right run back to the river.

Canal Street, Wharf Street, and Mill Lane on the right run back to the river.

Suddenly it flared up again, and despite the efforts of the brigade, all was in vain and the mill was destroyed.

Steven's Mill is built from clunch, and was plastered and tarred in the early 19th century. Inside it has three pairs of grinding stones.

Here splendid gardens, with statues of Salt, offered healthy living to the workers at the giant mill.

It was built in 1850 by Joseph Kaye, who was well-known in the town as a merchant, a brewer and the owner of four mills at Folly Hall.

The local textile industry blossomed, and people moved into the village from the surrounding areas to work in the new mills. Quarries sprang up, and jobs were created.

This view captures well the disparate suburban nature of Cobham's High Street before we reach the most attractive River Hill and Mill Road, which stretch along the banks of the River Mole

James Hargreaves was connected with Robert Peel through helping him to introduce mechanical processes at Brookside Mill, so it was appropriate that the James Hargreaves memorial should be

The complex of rivers and canals at Stanstead St Margarets and Stanstead Abbots bring together the Lea, the New River, Stanstead Mill Stream and, slightly further to the south, the River Stort.

The drainage mill was erected over a magnificent gateway to the abbey, which looked more like a castle than a cloister.

Here splendid gardens, with statues of Salt, offered healthy living to the workers at the giant mill.

The local textile industry blossomed, and people moved into the village from the surrounding areas to work in the new mills. Quarries sprang up, and jobs were created.

One horse is being led forward along the towpath, and will soon be harnessed up again, while the other waits patiently alongside the adjoining mill.

They came to see the spectacular falls, which powered the massive mill in the valley.

The hamlet of Mill End, about a mile west of the centre of Rickmansworth, grew up along the main road to Uxbridge to serve a watermill and factories.

To the right of the island, the River Kensey is drawn off into a leat for the cloth mills and the tannery.

To the right of the island, the River Kensey is drawn off into a leat for the cloth mills and the tannery.

Until recent times textile mills jostled the building. As a part of the Heavy Woollen District of Dewsbury and the Spen Valley, Morley suffered during the slump of the 1930s.

The body of the church is fairly run-of-the-mill with its four-bay nave arcade, but it does house some 19th-century stained glass of interest.

The village has been given a sweeping bypass, Broughton Way, on its north side, reducing the volume of traffic negotiating Main Street and the area around St Mary's Church and Old Mill

Alkali was needed not only for the production of soap but also to finish textiles in the nearby Lancashire cotton mills.