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A view of the mill taken a few years after the cupola was removed in 1947.

Warnham Mill Pond is a beautiful iron industry water source with a large earth dam behind the mill. The picture shows a neatly sculptured hedge forming decorative peacocks.

The beauty of the area was well known to Turner and Wordsworth, who were inspired by the waterfalls, Mill Gill and Whitfield.

The Green Congregational Chapel replaced an earlier one near to the Kings Mills.

His warehouses survive, and so does part of his brickworks, and a single building from his cotton mill also survives in the car auction complex.

His warehouses survive, and so does part of his brickworks, and a single building from his cotton mill also survives in the car auction complex.

It was only a mile away that George Fox, the Quaker, stood on the 'nick' of Pendle in 1652 and declared himself moved to start a religious order, the Society of Friends.

The imposing brick-built Victorian Hawks Mill astride the River Gipping. In recent years, the building has been converted into living accommodation.

Later, a large silk mill was built. Two streets of terraced cottages were constructed, although many workers must have walked there daily from Congleton.

In this picture, the mill owner's garden has been much improved since Mr Hoare's advertsing hoarding (seen in image 60095) has been tidied away.

Steven's Mill is built from clunch and was plastered and tarred in the early 19th century. Inside it has three pairs of grinding stones.

Judging by the debris and the description of its location on a bend of the river, this is where the water-powered mill used to be situated.

In the distance are Cartsdyke Mill and east yards, the Gravel graving dock and the entrance to the James Watt Dock.

To the right is the parish church of St John, which contains a poignant reminder of danger in the mills.

The pretty little village of Barton Mills, and the Bull Inn. In the 13th century, the local retor, Jacobus de Scabellis, became a cardinal, and ultimately, Pope Honorius IV.

Just a windmill, you might think, but this dark weatherboarded post mill is the oldest of its type in the country, dating back to around 1620 or possibly earlier.

The Mill 1901 Now absorbed into the expanding suburbs of Ashford to the south, this small village once boasted its own imposing windmill on the banks of the Great Stour.

There were once various mills situated on the river at Loose. Note the laden waggons in the foreground, redolent of a long-vanished rural scene.

The Mill 1901 Now absorbed into the expanding suburbs of Ashford to the south, this small village once boasted its own imposing windmill on the banks of the Great Stour.

The pretty little village of Barton Mills, and the Bull Inn. In the 13th century, the local rector, Jacobus de Scabellis, became a cardinal, and ultimately, Pope Honorius IV.

There are several waterfalls in the dell, most of them created by man-made weirs with races from them serving mills, some of which were linked with Healey Hall.

This serene view belies the fact that this was a busy industrial area until 1914, accommodating cloth mills, dye houses, a foundry and gas works.

The original village, Old Langho, lies a mile to the north; the new village grew here alongside the main road after the opening of Spring Mill, whose chimney rises in the background.

A study of some attractive old cottages at East Mill. A little girl is staring suspiciously at the camera. Note the unmetalled surface of the road.