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Its steam mill was built in 1886, and lasted until 1925, when the chimney was demolished.

The 19th-century Abbey Mill contrasts with the 15th-century church tower, which possibly replaced a smaller Norman one.

The Fylde plain once had many such mills, benefiting from the strong prevailing winds blowing unchecked off the Irish Sea.

Nearby is Nutley windmill, an open trestle post mill that has been restored to full working order and is open to visitors.

The mill ceased work 1913, and is now restored to complete, but non-working condition; it is open to visitors and owned by the National Trust.

This is a very tall brick tower mill with a boat shaped cap, four patent shuttered sails and a fantail. Built in 1789, it ceased work after lightning damage in 1940.

Nearby is Nutley windmill, an open trestle post mill that has been restored to working order and is open to visitors.

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

Stone-built weavers' houses, carpet weaving mills, and rope works all jostled for space along the banks of the river.

From here anything up to a 1000 tons a day was taken by barge to mills along the reaches of the upper Severn. On the right of the picture is the grain silo.

Beyond, on the corner with Mill Street, is No 26, Weston's, a stationers and newsagents, an earlier building re-fronted in the 19th century with a late Victorian shop-front.

Few Essex children were left untouched by the half-hidden smokestack on the right: it belonged to George Lee`s sweet factory at Mill End.

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.

This memorial is dedicated to the Luce family, who were benefactors to the town, Members of Parliament, and owners of the abbey Brewery and the Mill Brewery.

But it is the mills and factory chimneys at Bowbridge, mostly now demolished, which make the photograph interesting. In 1890 the canal (in the foreground) still carried some traffic.

magnificent site overlooking the entire town of Shrewsbury; the school building was originally built in the 18th century to house orphans, who were then trained to work in the cotton mills

Ten years later, the designer Laura Ashley opened a mill in the village to mark the start of what has become a fashion empire still in business throughout Britain today.

The mills, which lie just outside the town, are owned by the Fox family and are still renowned for producing high quality flannel and material for nurses' uniforms.

The river has always been important for Kendal, and powered many of the mills which wove the famous Kendal Green and other textiles from the Middle Ages onwards.

On the extreme right we can see the chimney of one of the 18th- and 19th-century textile mills which were situated in the valley bottom beside the River Frome; the weavers' cottages occupied

In 1895 there were already extensive lime and cement works in the neighbourhood, as well as a large paper mill.

The houses on the right of the street date from about this time, and were provided by Strutt for his workers at the nearby cotton mills, powered by the River Derwent.

The mills near the Roach at the eastern end of the town centre are on the left.

Unexpected fissures in the reservoir bed meant that the lake was not satisfactorily filled until 1886. 4,000 trout were placed in Cowm and Spring Mill reservoirs in 1887.