In 1700 there were two corn mills and a forge here.

In the 16th to 18th centuries it provided power for corn mills.

He built two corn mills and founded the town with a market square.

From the 12th century until recently, the village was noted for its water and corn mills.

It is one of only four virtually complete corn mills in Cheshire.

Probably the greatest number were always corn mills, those more distant being used to provide a steady income.

Whitecroft had two corn mills in the early 19th century.

The village also had two corn mills during the 1800s, although no remains can be seen today.

There were also a number of corn mills and quarries.

They were mostly corn mills, and about half of those built survive in one form or another.