Modern watermill.


The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1867-8 depicts a watermill at this location, annotated as 'Union Mills (Corn & Woollen)'.


The mill complex as shown is extensive, and most of the building is still standing, though altered and in multiple occupation as a series of workshops. The mill at the north end of the complex, closest to the main road, was partially demolished to improve road safety, but part of the wall still extends eastwards from behind the bus stop. This appears to have been the corn mill, whilst the buildings to the south are the textile mills which eventually extended over the overflow leat.