Hawkshead Mill
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Hawkshead Mill by Stephen Burton as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © Stephen Burton Taken: 14 Nov 2012
Starting life as a cotton mill in the 1780s the mill was extended at various times, it had several uses in later periods including a munitions factory during World War One.