Description:Alton Mill was described as 'newly erected' in 1741 and in 1760 was described as consisting of a smelting mill, refinery, slag hearth, smith's shop and two houses. By 1786 the smelting mill had become a corn grinding mill driven by a single breast-shot waterwheel.
Copyright; Staffordshire County Council
C/P/65/7/1/2/11