Description:This water mill went out of commission during the winter of 1940.
Edward Clarke was born at Pasford Mill in 1857. He first became a miller and then followed in his grandfather's footsteps and became a jeweller, clockmaker and silversmith with his shop at Oxford Street, Bilston. His father was John Clarke, a miller, his mother Hannah Clarke (née Peplow, a jeweller). Edward married Margaret Ellen Jarvis in 1899. John, Edward and Margaret's eldest son, was killed in action while in the machine gun corps and was buried at the Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, on 11th April 1917. Their youngest child Harry Clarke of the 5th Yorkshire Regiment was killed in action 27th May 1918 and buried at the Soussons Memorial, Aisne, France. (Clarke family history provided by Mr Brian Clarke)