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There is another explanation of Mullion's name - it was at one time called Porth Mellin, 'the cove of the mill', and a mill existed here until the 19th century.

One of the original 'post and socket' mills, suspended on a post and turned into the wind by means of a tailpole, High Salvington dates back to about 1700 and was the first mill in England to be insured

The late 18th-century left-hand mill has lost its cap, but the 1820 Thurne Dyke mill on the right was beautifully restored in 1955.

The late 18th-century left-hand mill has lost its cap, but the 1820 Thurne Dyke mill on the right was beautifully restored in 1955.

Milnsbridge is now a suburb to the west of Huddersfield, and this picture shows its history as yet another typical Pennine mill town, with the imposing mill buildings filling the skyline, and the railway

Alderholt's mill was probably established in medieval times, though the present building is a hotchpotch of later architectural styles.

Marske Mill is located just outside Saltburn and is connected to the town by Marske Mill Lane. Note the haystacks in the farmyard.

This was the former water mill. Smartened up, with its brickwork painted, the mill is now a house.

This view of the Buckden mills is taken from the River Ouse beside some pollarded willows; it shows the walkway beside the road that was used when the river was in flood.

Peaceful now, this view shows the remains of the once-busy Shepherds Mill which lay on land between the Mells and the Frome Rivers.

Yet another of Worcestershire's imposing old mills stands on the banks of the River Avon near to Fladbury.

The mill at Witchampton stands on the site of a much older mill building.

Like other villages that are found along the course of the River Evenlode and its tributary streams, Ascott-under-Wychwood's function was milling.

Before the development of Crawley New Town, the Hazlewick Mill path and bridge was a renowned beauty spot.

Although there had been some kinds of industry in Enfield in medieval times, for instance the flour mill, Enfield's first real factory did not start its working life until 1816.

A fast flowing mountain stream has been diverted into a millrace to power the overshot wheel of Ogwen Mill near Bethesda.

Miller Bridge, once known as Mill Bridge because it linked the mills on the east of the river with the town, is one of the chief bridges across the River Kent.

On the outskirts of Chipping Norton lies the Victorian tweed mill, founded by the Bliss family in the 18th century for the manufacture of linsey woolseys, kersey webs, horse cloth, serges and tweeds.

The bridge spans the River Eea, which was used by the mill close by. In the 1780s the roads through Cark were minor tracks, and stepping stones were used to cross the beck.

This mill is the best-preserved of the Norfolk watermills, with all its machinery still surviving. The mill is on the North Walsham and Dilham Canal.

On the west bank of the Ant stood Ludham Mill, a tower mill nearly 50ft high to the iron curb, with a base diameter of 12ft 4in, including 18in thick walls.

The Domesday survey covering Ware mentions two mills. It is possible that one of them lay on the site of Ware Mill, later part of the factory of Allen & Hanbury.

This particular view is from the Old Mill at Harnham, and shows the Mill itself, the river and the water meadows as well as the Cathedral.