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Mill and bridges across the River
Image ref
DCHQ001433
Credit
photographer
Harrison, Cyril
ImageDate
1940's -50's
Location
River Derwent
Town
Milford
About this image
Picture most probably taken (from suspension footbridge) to illustrate very high river level - weir usually visible where line of foam can be seen.
Milford was once a quiet hamlet in a part of the large deer forest that spread from Duffield to Wirksworth. The village owes its fame to Jedidiah Strutt who set up a water powered cotton mill here in about 1780, and built housing for his workforce. Some of the housing still remains in Hopping Hill. The remainder of the building associated with the mill were demolished between 1952 and 1964. What remains is used by small businesses and a mill shop. (Note this image appears to have been reversed).
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