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Situated a few hundred yards to the south of the observatory, Bidston Mill was built at the beginning of the 19th century and was in full operation until 1875.
Recent road schemes have meant that the mill-workers' cottages on the right have been demolished to make way for a new roundabout, with a modern block of flats instead.
Not only has the motor car started to feature in the town, but the 'new' industries are represented by the Kingston Mill site (right), which was built for George Spencer Moulton in the 1920s
Opened in 1934 on the site of the former Middleton Hall corn mill, these gardens became another focal point for the town and a much-loved asset.
The mill seen here on the right is of considerable antiquity, even in this village of old buildings.
In 1936 the town mill was demolished, making way for the first Ringwood bypass - it has since been widened.
A hundred years ago, Huddersfield was a collection of villages - now Milnsbridge is on the outskirts.The town is packed with mills and machinery works.
Over to the right once stood the massive King's Mill, used for grinding corn from 1872 until 1933, when it was demolished to make way for the parallel new road bridge.
Looking south just outside the centre of St Austell we see one of I K Brunel's timber viaducts on stone piers built in 1858 for the new Cornwall Railway.
The cottages in this idyllic scene by the River Ribble were at one time connected with a calico mill; they were later purchased and renovated by the Spread Eagle Hotel.
The windmill, which still stands on the summit of Bidston Hill, was built as a flour mill in 1800 and functioned as such until 1875.
Like Macclesfield and many other small towns around, Wilmslow was to develop enormously in the 18th century with the introduction of industries linked to local silk and cotton mills.
It was renamed Castle Douglas in 1792 after Sir William Douglas laid out a new village on the site of the old.
The old Town Hall, a square building with Tuscan columns completed in 1768, was replaced in 1903 by new municipal buildings designed by E E Fetch.
We are looking up New Road, with W C King & Sons, ironmongers, on the left.
A hundred years ago, Huddersfield was a collection of villages - now Milnsbridge has been almost absorbed, and is on the outskirts.
To offset this, other trades began to expand and diversify, and new factories opened.
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 camera looks towards Hampstead High Street, formerly Red Lion Hill.
New Road was part of an old turnpike road, where a wagon drawn by five horses was charged 1/6d.
