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When this picture was taken, the Aire had already been polluted for several decades, as mills discharged waste directly into it.

When this picture was taken, the Aire had already been polluted for several decades, as mills discharged waste directly into it.

The street-name Millgate combines the Scandinavian word 'gata', or 'street', with its destination, the Castle Mill beside the Falls.

In this panoramic view of the Golden Valley, the mill chimneys are visible in the background; the workers' cottages are on the lower slopes of the hill, and the canal winds its way along the valley

The mill and bridge were built in 1790, with warehouses being added to the right of the main building in the 19th century.

Lower Bittell Reservoir was built to compensate mill owners for this loss.

Little girls pose for the cameraman on the ford across the Tillingbourne stream, alongside the old mill. This attractive village sits on the winding road between Guildford and Dorking.

The growth of popular motoring was to lead to the destruction of Ringwood's old corn mill, and even its vicarage, to facilitate the movement of traffic.

Chandler was the ancient miller who occupied the little mill in the valley; the ford was negotiated by passing stagecoaches.

Beyond the boating pool and outside the park was Middle Mill, demolished in the careless 1950s.

Apsley Mills came under the technical control of the Ministry of Munitions and Nash Mills made mortar bombs and small shells.

Note the hut spanning the mill race.

East Mill stood on the north side of East Road and was powered by the River Asker.

The Mill Bridge in the pretty hamlet of Alport crosses the River Bradford near its confluence with the Lathkill, three miles south of Bakewell.

Legend has it that this famous smock mill never ground corn but was used by smugglers for signalling.

This pretty river rises on Dartmoor, seen in the background, and flows 14 miles to the English Channel. It once provided water power to grist and paper mills en route.

It was the plentiful water supply which attracted industry, providing power for spinning mills and bleaching and dye works.

The 17th-century mill at Hinxton oozes character with its weatherboarded walls, although the corrugated asbestos roof it sports in this view does not particularly add to its charms.

The street-name Millgate combines the Scandinavian word 'gata', or 'street', with its destination, the Castle Mill beside the Falls.

'Gomeselle' was mentioned in Domesday, at which time a mill already existed at the site. Gomshall tanneries were known world-wide, but were taken over and closed in 1988.

For centuries the town mill had ground the corn for the local farmers.

Vast quantities of water are required to manufacture paper, hence the situation of the paper mill at St Neots on the Great Ouse.

This is a Kentish white weatherboarded smock mill with a two-storey octagonal brick base, powered by four eliptic spring sails and winded by a fantail. It has now gone, and the site is built over.

A cyclist gingerly crosses Edgware Road as Watling Avenue drops away eastwards towards Mill Hill.