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Taken east of Bassetsbury, this view looks across the mill pond (now filled in) to Marsh Green Mill, first mentioned in 1759, but probably much earlier.

Lechlade Mill, a mile east of the town, was powered by the River Leach which reached the Thames just below St John's Lock.

Raby Mere lies two miles east of the village of Raby, and has always been a popular Wirral destination, especially with Sunday School outings.

Gumfreston Mill is near Tenby. A stone building with a tiled roof, it looks in poor condition. The waterwheel appears to have gone; the dark mark on the wall shows where it was located.

Ivy Mill, on the left, with the pond embankment behind, was mentioned in Domesday and was always an important corn-milling site. Ivy House on the right dates from 1698.

The top half of this mill tower was demolished, along with the other factory buildings, leaving a stumpy tower, which has been modernised.

The mill at Houghton was owned by Potto Brown. He is remembered in the village for his entrepreneurial and philanthropic activities.

The Wye provides the only source of power for Caudwell`s Mill at Rowsley, the only water- powered turbine roller flour mill still in operation.

This delightful mill is to be found on the River Blackwater. Few can pass over the hump-backed bridge without pausing to get a better view.

The River Arun runs through Horsham, and is the setting for several mills which have been converted into office development. Horsham's Town Mill is seen in this photograph.

This mill, standing proudly alongside the modern tea kiosk and ticket office for Rottingdean's pitch and putt course, is one of the many wooden smock mills erected in Sussex during the 19th century.

This post mill ceased working in 1947, but its fabric and machinery are maintained by English Heritage. It is thought that a mill has stood here for 700 years.

Great Crosby Mill, Liverpool is a tall brick tower mill with a domed cap. It had four common cloth sails and a fantail.

Bobbin manufacture for the wool and cotton mills of the north of England was once an important industry in the well-wooded Lake District.

Just outside Camelford, which we can see in the background, Outground Mill took the water for its overshot wheel from a side stream. The corn miller at the time was John Harris.

Bobbin manufacture for the wool and cotton mills of the north of England was once an important industry in the well-wooded Lake District.

In the right foreground is a mill pond on a tributary valley. Godalming was well known for its manufacture of cloth, and the mill with its tall chimney is a reminder of this industrial heritage.

Castle Mill stands on the River Mole and was recorded in Domesday. It was always a corn mill, and was enlarged in the 1830s with four pairs of stones, storerooms and other outbuildings.

The Kings Arms is 15th-century; much of the building was once part of a thriving paper-mill.

The White Hart is over 400 years old, and spent the first 200 years of its life as one of the town's many woollen mills.

As Walden Beck cascades towards the Ure, it crosses under the Blue Bridge; it used to power the old mill downstream. We can still walk up to the Cauldron Falls and on to Hudson Quarry.

Titus Salt's celebrated mill stands next to the line. When built it was the largest mill in Europe: it was six storeys high, its weaving shed held 1200 looms, and there was a workforce of over 3000.

Samuel Greg's Quarry Bank Mill stands on the banks of the Bollin where it flows through a wooded glen. Originally water-powered, the mill remains intact, and is now in the care of the National Trust.

Hugh Lupus, the first of the Norman earls of Chester, is said to have ordered the construction of a weir so that the mills would have a regular source of water power.