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WATER POWERED MILLS

In order, starting at the highest.
Most were later converted to Steam.

STEAM POWERED MILLS

Established in 1847 by John Murgatroyd

The mill was closed in 1982.

The following are newspapper cutting about the mill:

Potential use of mill as a 'healing centre'.

Potential use of mill as a 'healing centre'.
'Thumbs up' for forty new flats

'Thumbs up' for forty new flats

DEAN MILL Booth, demolished in 1921?

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 DEAN MILL Booth, demolished in 1921?
-=='''<big>THE CORN MILLS</big>'''==
-Here is a link to [[The Cornmill]]<br>
-===FACTORIES IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY===
+== [[The Cornmill]]<br> ==
-'''Lindley's'''
-Lindley's was based in the village from 1899 when they occupied Upper Mill, formerly a Corn Mill. They renamed these buildings The Beauvoir Works. The buildings were demolished in 1975 Lindley's expanded and took over Lower Mill and the land next to it now occupied by Blue Bell Walk. They continued manufacturing nuts and bolts and Industrial Fastenings in the village until the mid-1970's.
-[https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/C._Lindley_and_Co Lindley's Nut and Bolt works]