Plan of works at Milford

The Strutt family first ran mills in Belper, Derbyshire, in 1776, after Jedediah Strutt had been working with Richard Arkwright, who had already established a mill at nearby Cromford. Between them, they helped fuel the early stages of the Industrial Revolution. People flocked to these mills from all around the country to seek employment. At their highest point, the Belper mills employed 2,000 people. From 1781, Strutt also began to buy up land in Milford, where a further mill was built. The mills at Belper and nearby Milford and Masson were brought by the English Cotton Company in 1897, who had brought out numerous cotton mills throughout the North and Midlands of England. Production ceased at the mills in the 1990s.

This detailed plan shows the works for gas and forge pipes that were to be placed at the Milford Mill area. It shows not only the mill, but nearby properties.