Monument record 2612/1/7 - Millbrook Mill

<1> Longden G, 1988, The Industrial Revolution in East Cheshire: Six Theme Walks, p.14 (Book). SCH3193.

Built in 1784 by J Gaskell, as a water powered cotton mill. The mill was extended in 1805, and a second mill pool built. Part destroyed by fire in 1868, and demolished in 1922. Only the pool survives.

<2> Calladine A & Fricker J, 1993, East Cheshire Textile Mills, p.36, 63 (Book). SCH1093.

A textile mill built in the 1780s. It had two waterwheels of six metres in diameter placed one above the other, but employed a steam engine in “dry seasons”.

<3> Thomas R, 2020, Historic England Research Report: The Manufactured Gas Industry in England (volumes I-V), Vol.III p.71 (Report). SCH9005.

Brook Mill Gasworks: Gasometer marked on 1881 Ordnance Survey map, indicating a private gasworks to the mill. Disused by 1897. Nothing survives of the mill.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ9575, 1871-1873 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

This map depicts a complex of buildings and structures which include a circular building or structure labelled gasometer. To the south-east is a large pond with a weir across the River Dean at its south-eastern end. A sluice is depicted at the north-western end. The complex is labelled Brook Mill (Cotton).

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1896-1898, Ordnance Survey First Revision County Series (Epoch 2) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ9575, 1897-1899 (Maps and Plans). SCH3848.

The mill is labelled disused. The mill pond is labelled Reservoir.

<6> Ordnance Survey, 1909-1912, Ordnance Survey Second Revision County Series (Epoch 3) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ9575, 1909 (Maps and Plans). SCH4361.

The mill is labelled disused. The mill pond is labelled Reservoir.

<7> Huntings Surveys Ltd, 1971-1973, 1971-1973 County Survey, HSL UK 71 109 Run 46 no.4003 & 4004, 07/07/1971 (Aerial Photograph). SCH4881.

Some of the mill buildings appear to be still extant and the mill pond is still water filled.

<8> National Remote Sensing Centre Ltd, 1992-3, National Remote Sensing Centre County Survey (1992-1993), 173/92_016, 31/10/1992 (Aerial Photograph). SCH5297.

The mill buildings are no longer extant.