Description:A view of the water mill on the River Churnet in Mill Street, prior to its restoration in the 1970s. The mill was built in 1752, almost certainly by James Brindley, the great canal builder, who is known to have set up his workshop in Mill Street ten years earlier.
During the 19th Century the mill was owned by neighbouring textile mills. The tenant millers used the mill for a variety of purposes: flour milling, grinding animal feeds and sawmilling.
Morethan a third of the mill was demolished in 1948, when the Macclesfield Road was straightened. What remained has been returned to working order, mostly in its original state. The mill was opened to the public in 1974, and with the completion of the museum in 1980 the great scope of Brindley's achievements can be illustrated.