Modern mill leat.


The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1867-8 depicts a mill leat at this location, annotated as 'Mill Lade'.


The leat is led off from the River Dhoo at SC3483577650 and extends for 570m; there is no sluice shown governing the inflow. The lower part of the leat, closer to the mill, is up to 11m wide, showing that it was, in effect, a linear millpond.


The original course of the leat is still traceable today. Drainage is maintained by a ditch cut to the south of the course of the leat, which eventually joins the former overflow sluice and exits under the workshops and into the river close to the main road bridge.


The grid reference is located at the midpoint of the mill leat for indicative purposes.