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A quiet scene showing a drainage tower mill starting to fall into disrepair; two blades of the fantail are missing.

Corfe Mullen had a mill as long ago as the Domesday Book; it retained its independence until well into the 20th century, when its great neighbour Poole began to creep out towards it.

In fact, there were several weirs all along this stretch of the River Teme; they were built to hold up the river so that there would always be water available to power the mills.

Situated on the Avon, Cropthorne Mill has often attracted the attentions of artists and photographers.

A less widely used path is that below the castle walls on the right, which winds around from the main entrance to Mill Street.

At the time when this picture was taken, a holiday in Blackpool represented a considerable outlay for the average factory or mill worker.

The white-painted CB Hotel in remote Arkengarthdale recalls the initials of Charles Bathurst, the 19th-century lead mining master who owned the circular powder house of the CB Smelt Mill nearby.

Today many of the old buildings of the old docks, and the mills that lined them, have disappeared.

A loaded cart has been backed up, with its load of corn for milling, and the millpond looks to be in good order. The trap behind, with bowler-hatted driver, belonged to C Evans.

The mill is just visible beyond the bridge on the left. The bridge, hardly visible, was rebuilt after being destroyed in a flood in 1847.

Off Church Lane it is possible to see Hamble Quay, a small area where boats using the River Hamble could moor after deliveries to the flour mill.

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

There were two flourishing mills north and south of Nutfield, with this southern one still operating until recently, when it was featured in a film documentary.

It once had three foundries, the last of which became a gunpowder mill in 1849.

This was a large mill on the River Nadder just upstream from the confluence with the Avon.

At the time of this photograph, the population of the village had almost halved: local cottage industries had declined, and the arrival of the new mills in the larger towns meant that people flocked

The pinnacled tower and pyramid roof of St Petrock's church is seen through the trees, and the village mill and its waterwheel are on the left.

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

Kingsteignton was for a long time the site of a mill which seemed jinxed. In 1795 it was attacked by a mob during bread riots, and in 1870 it had to be rebuilt after a fire.

The mill was a Lincolnshire-style brick tower with an onion-shaped cap. It had five patent shuttered sails, as is indicated by the five-way cross on the front of the windshaft, and a fantail.

One of the many streams that cascade off the moor - this is the beginning of Mill Ghyll, which flows down Wells Road and then underneath Brook Street.

The mill was powered by four patent shuttered sails, and winding was controlled by hand with an endless chain gear hanging from the rear of the cap down to the staging. Only the brick base survives.

Beyond is the Suspension Bridge linking Mill Meadow Island with Embankment Gardens at the right-hand end of the bridge.

In this photograph we look west from the tip of Mill Meadow Island towards the Embankment and the north bank of the river.