Description:A view taken from the road bridge over the Caldon Canal at Cheddleton Wharf looking eastwards. In the background are the chimneys of Brittain's paper mill.
A paper mill has stood on the present site at Cheddleton since 1797, at this time the paper was made by hand. With the development of the paper machine by the Fourdrinier brothers the paper mill became mechanised. Brittain's Limited were the successors to the Fourdriniers who operated a mill at Hanley. Mr. T. A. Brittain became associated with the Cheddleton mill and formed an incorporated company in 1890. The mill at Hanley later closed and the manufacture of paper transferred to Cheddleton which developed as a paper coating and finishing factory, in which capacity it is still operated today.