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Isaac Chalkley, Superintendent of the Hitchin Fire Brigade, brought the new horse-drawn Shand-Mason pump to the site, and the fire appeared to be under control.

The small rural hamlet of Corey's Mill, now completely absorbed into the New Town of Stevenage, was once dominated by its windmill, which burnt down in 1878.

To go to Styal now, it takes some imagination to see this place as a prime example of cutting edge technology, but 200 years ago this was the case.

Mills and rows of cheap housing were swept away during the development of Marlowes in the new town of Hemel Hempstead.

The station is just a few yards from the site of the little gas-lit halt of Burnt Mill.

In the churchyard is the grave of 'Brusher' Mills, the famous New Forest snake-catcher.

Here we see part of the town's waterfront, with a boat yard on the left, and Caffa Mill Pill, an inlet since reclaimed for a car park and a new slipway for the ferry.

Some of the old mills and warehouses alongside the canal have been given a new lease of life with the development of the Boat Museum.

It provided the corn and cloth mills of Chalford with the means of finding new markets for their wares until this mode of transport was superseded by the Gloucester to Swindon railway line.

This old woollen mill was vacant and decaying in 1815 when it was taken over by John Heathcote, a lace manufacturer, who moved here from Leicester after the Luddite riots.

Originally, the fire station was at the southern end of Mill Street, next to the Salvation Army Hall.

Stamford Bridge over the River Derwent is still a popular stopping place for visitors, although the Old Corn Mill inn has recently closed, a victim of drink/drive laws.

Situated a few hundred yards to the south of the observatory, Bidston Mill was built at the beginning of the 19th century and was in full operation until 1875.

Recent road schemes have meant that the mill-workers' cottages on the right have been demolished to make way for a new roundabout, with a modern block of flats instead.

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

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.

The mill seen here on the right is of considerable antiquity, even in this village of old buildings.

In 1936 the town mill was demolished, making way for the first Ringwood bypass - it has since been widened.

A hundred years ago, Huddersfield was a collection of villages - now Milnsbridge is on the outskirts.The town is packed with mills and machinery works.

Over to the right once stood the massive King's Mill, used for grinding corn from 1872 until 1933, when it was demolished to make way for the parallel new road bridge.

Looking south just outside the centre of St Austell we see one of I K Brunel's timber viaducts on stone piers built in 1858 for the new Cornwall Railway.

The cottages in this idyllic scene by the River Ribble were at one time connected with a calico mill; they were later purchased and renovated by the Spread Eagle Hotel.

The windmill, which still stands on the summit of Bidston Hill, was built as a flour mill in 1800 and functioned as such until 1875.

Like Macclesfield and many other small towns around, Wilmslow was to develop enormously in the 18th century with the introduction of industries linked to local silk and cotton mills.