Mission Details:
So during our Derbyshire day, we ended up failing a few times - Middleton alternative access details were a false flag for anyone of normal size, and sadly the train house in Buxton had been knocked down recently. The house in Belper (house of the damned) managed to evade us also, although we didn't prepare our intel too well and tried to wing it. We were searching for the details for the house when we came across this mill in Milford, it looked nice so we took a gamble and managed to get in. It absolutely chucked it down, thunder and lightening while we were inside which was an interesting experience on the metal roof - it seemed to get heavier and heavier. It reminded us of and mini Fletchers with a bit of T.T.Browns thrown in.
Part of the mill has been used more recently as an antiques centre, only screenshots of these - couldn't find any details for it other than basic ones. They used to sell fireworks, and random bits and bobs. It wasn't open on the day we visited but there is also a car wash operating on the forecourt of the site, we had a poke around here and a chill in their lunch area waiting out the storm, which we eventually embraced. Not bad for a random find on the day, fairly chuffed with it - the redeemer ;-)
The new vid- camera is in use, still playing around with settings, but the quality is much improved, running with more relaxed music too - if you haven't go time to watch the whole thing, take a look at the time lapse water drip at the end - I've barely grazed the surface of what the camera can do.
History: (sorry I pilfered this from another report)
Milford was named for its river-crossing, on an ancient route from Derby to the Peak district. The power of the Derwent was used from medieval times to run a corn-mill, dying and fulling mills, and iron and scythe forges. Jedediah Strutt, a farmer turned hosier, recognised the potential of the site. Inventor of the Derby rib machine, Strutt owned a Derby silk mill, and had set up cotton mills in Belper.
In 1781, he bought land in Milford to build a cotton spinning mill. It was one of a series of textile milles constructed on the Derwent between Matlock and Derby during the Industrial Revolution.
These pioneering developments, which included the creation of new communities to house and cater for the workforce they required, are now recognises as being of international importance.
The Milford Mill complex eventually included spinning, bleaching and dying mills, as well as foundries, joiners’ workshops, a gas-works and a corn-mill. The Warehouse, constructed in 1793, was an early attempt by William Strutt, Jedediah’s eldest son. To design a fire-proof multi-storey structure. Later, and more successful, attempts at fire-proofing are embodies in the Dyehouse building, near the bridge. Whilst almost all the early mill buildings were demolished in the 1950s and ‘60s, much of the associated industrial housing has survived. Many of these houses were built by the Strutts, from the late 18th century onwards, transforming Milford from a riverside hamlet into a company village. The Strutts also built the school, created several farms to supply produce for their workers, helped establish the village’s various religious and social buildings.
Documentation:
Antique Place / and car wash:
Cheers for taking he time to read / watch :-)
So during our Derbyshire day, we ended up failing a few times - Middleton alternative access details were a false flag for anyone of normal size, and sadly the train house in Buxton had been knocked down recently. The house in Belper (house of the damned) managed to evade us also, although we didn't prepare our intel too well and tried to wing it. We were searching for the details for the house when we came across this mill in Milford, it looked nice so we took a gamble and managed to get in. It absolutely chucked it down, thunder and lightening while we were inside which was an interesting experience on the metal roof - it seemed to get heavier and heavier. It reminded us of and mini Fletchers with a bit of T.T.Browns thrown in.
Part of the mill has been used more recently as an antiques centre, only screenshots of these - couldn't find any details for it other than basic ones. They used to sell fireworks, and random bits and bobs. It wasn't open on the day we visited but there is also a car wash operating on the forecourt of the site, we had a poke around here and a chill in their lunch area waiting out the storm, which we eventually embraced. Not bad for a random find on the day, fairly chuffed with it - the redeemer ;-)
The new vid- camera is in use, still playing around with settings, but the quality is much improved, running with more relaxed music too - if you haven't go time to watch the whole thing, take a look at the time lapse water drip at the end - I've barely grazed the surface of what the camera can do.
History: (sorry I pilfered this from another report)
Milford was named for its river-crossing, on an ancient route from Derby to the Peak district. The power of the Derwent was used from medieval times to run a corn-mill, dying and fulling mills, and iron and scythe forges. Jedediah Strutt, a farmer turned hosier, recognised the potential of the site. Inventor of the Derby rib machine, Strutt owned a Derby silk mill, and had set up cotton mills in Belper.
In 1781, he bought land in Milford to build a cotton spinning mill. It was one of a series of textile milles constructed on the Derwent between Matlock and Derby during the Industrial Revolution.
These pioneering developments, which included the creation of new communities to house and cater for the workforce they required, are now recognises as being of international importance.
The Milford Mill complex eventually included spinning, bleaching and dying mills, as well as foundries, joiners’ workshops, a gas-works and a corn-mill. The Warehouse, constructed in 1793, was an early attempt by William Strutt, Jedediah’s eldest son. To design a fire-proof multi-storey structure. Later, and more successful, attempts at fire-proofing are embodies in the Dyehouse building, near the bridge. Whilst almost all the early mill buildings were demolished in the 1950s and ‘60s, much of the associated industrial housing has survived. Many of these houses were built by the Strutts, from the late 18th century onwards, transforming Milford from a riverside hamlet into a company village. The Strutts also built the school, created several farms to supply produce for their workers, helped establish the village’s various religious and social buildings.
Documentation:
Antique Place / and car wash:
Cheers for taking he time to read / watch :-)
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