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This picture, showing the 18th-century mill facade, was taken shortly before the construction of a silo block used for storing raw materials for making animal feeds.

Here we see the old corn mill deep in the valley at Crumplehorn in working order, with its overshot waterwheel fed by the trough of a launder.

In 1855 the Websters joined forces with James Horsfall, and the business transferred from Penns Mill to Hay Mills.

This picture, showing the 18th-century mill facade, was taken shortly before the construction of a silo block used for storing raw materials for making animal feeds.

The stone half way down the other side of the road marked the entry to Mill Lane which led to Mill Street, the main entry road to the town for many centuries.

This ancient mill was working up to the 1930s, when it was bought by the National Trust and run as a youth hostel.

Some villagers from here worked in the corn mill converted to cotton spinning. A great spirit prevailed amongst the mill workers, who particularly enjoyed Christmas parties at the mills.

It appears that the mill has been used as a source of firewood. Note the remains of the primitive common sails, and also the two old-style poultry coops in the foreground.

This water-mill, powered by a hidden undershot wheel, stands on the bank of the river Bure, and is built of entirely of wood. There are two large millstones leaning on the small annexe.

A fine white weatherboarded smock mill, it stands on a single-storey brick base with a stage at first-floor level and also around the cap.

This is a typical Nottinghamshire brick tower mill, tall and black-tarred. The photograph shows the mill in full working order.

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.

The weather- boarded former water mill, trading as Brent Eleigh Tools (centre left), was converted into a dwelling c1990; the mill machinery and stones were preserved in the conversion.

Lower Dolphinholme is closer to the river and the worsted spinning mill, whose vast wheel was driven by water from the River Wyre. The mill closed in 1867.

In the foreground lies Wimberley Mill, run in 1900 by the Critchley family as a pin factory. Hidden beyond it is the Thames and Severn Canal, and then the railway.

Cattell's Mill is a black-tarred weatherboarded smock windmill on an octagonal single-storey brick base.

Hard Water Mill is a noted landmark in this area. Some sources suggest that the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas a Becket, fled here after a confrontation with King Henry II at Northampton Castle.

The River Irwell, beside which Bacup lies, powered the first mills in the town, and the Irwell Mill, whose square tower rises at the back, was one of several providing employment in the town

The River Irwell, beside which Bacup lies, powered the first mills in the town, and the Irwell Mill, whose square tower rises at the back, was one of several providing employment in the town

These 18th-century stone cottages were built for workers at the nearby mill, which was originally water-driven - its wheel was second only in size to that of Laxey on the Isle of Man.

The brick and white weatherboarded smock mill still stands in Mill Lane on the banks of the River Tillingham, though it is now converted for use as a guest house.

This hamlet down in the East Looe river valley a mile from Liskeard was once a small centre of industry.

This 18th-century mill stands on the River Frome where it meets the stream from Hooke; there has been a water mill here since Saxon times.

In 1788, however, it and its near neighbour Marple were transformed into centres of industry when Samuel Oldknow built a mill here employing 400 people.