Lower millpond, off Manchester Road, Milnsbridge, Linthwaite
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Lower millpond, off Manchester Road, Milnsbridge, Linthwaite
Image: © Humphrey Bolton Taken: 6 Dec 2007
This is the older of the two millponds, and is on the 1850 6in map. It might have been used by the Spring Mill Brewery, although one would hope that they made beer from water taken directly from the spring! On the left is an elevated pipe, possibly a sewer draining the backs of the terrace houses.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.637679
Longitude
-1.81696