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Stramongate Bridge was also known as Miller or Mill Bridge, because it linked the mills on the eastern bank of the River Kent to the 'Auld Grey Town' on the other bank.

Stramongate Bridge was also known as Miller or Mill Bridge, because it linked the mills on the eastern bank of the River Kent to the 'Auld Grey Town' on the other bank.

The elegant Georgian house on the right of the road has been converted to offices.To the right of it is the entrance to Botley Mills, an 18th-century mill complex, which is mentioned in the Domesday

There has been a mill here since Saxon times - and perhaps earlier, as Kelvedon is believed to be the site of the Roman station Canonium.

Until 1964, Mill Lane was a picturesque street of brick and half-timbered cottages, some of them medieval.

The mill is actially on the Bathampton or south bank of the Avon, beyond the toll bridge. In this view it has been converted into the Weir Tea Garden Hotel, and the meadow turned into a tea lawn.

The old mill is now a landmark for the Museum of Fenland Life, which is situated in the old barns alongside.

At the east end of the town is Alford Mill, a six-storey, five-sail mill built in 1813 by Sam Oxley, an Alford millwright.

At the east end of the town is Alford Mill, a six-storey, five-sail mill built in 1813 by Sam Oxley, an Alford millwright.

In the 19th century this area of the town was prone to flooding, and the mill dam was blamed. In 1879 the Corporation bought the mill from Lord Stafford and built a new weir and floodgates.

The large weatherboarded watermill was demolished around 1900 and only the mill house remained, just off the picture to the right. The waterwheel housing can be seen on the left wall of the mill.

The mill has been owned by the Rackham family for several generations; they were maltsters, water and steam millers, and animal food and coal merchants.

Children pose on the reedy banks of the River Mole below the impressive double wheeled mill.

In the 19th century this area of the town was prone to flooding, and the mill dam was blamed. In 1879 the Corporation bought the mill from Lord Stafford and built a new weir and floodgates.

There were four mills hereabouts that at one time or another were involved in the making of paper, tanning hides and grinding corn.

The elegant Georgian house on the right of the road has been converted to offices.To the right of it is the entrance to Botley Mills, an 18th-century mill complex, which is mentioned in the Domesday

The Spodden flows underneath with its mill stream, which formerly served `Th` Owd Mill i` th` Thrutch`.

Most of the mills built here were for cotton spinning and weaving; so many were established in the locality that just across the border in Derbyshire there is even a town called New Mills.

Overton is the home of the famous paper mill that supplies paper for Bank of England notes.

Fulling Mill House, to the right, was once home to the Nottages, who built Cane's Mill. Later, the artist and philanthropist Edith Arendrup lived there.

Fulling Mill House, to the right, was once home to the Nottages, who built Cane's Mill. Later, the artist and philanthropist Edith Arendrup lived there.

This ancient mill was rebuilt in 1775 and fell out of use in the last century, but it is now working again as a tourist attraction.

This ancient mill was rebuilt in 1775 and fell out of use in the last century, but it is now working again as a tourist attraction.

In the foreground is Bowbridge, the southern suburb of Stroud, with the chimneys of several small textile mills clearly visible; the main town is prominent on the hillside beyond.