And while Aston may be a bishop's nephew, I own several factories and mills.

The firm owned several large mills in the Manchester area.

Muirhead was involved in shipping goods, owning his own ships and mills.

Copp owned woollen mills and was also involved in fox ranching.

Stewart also had branches of his company in different parts of the world and owned several mills and factories.

He owned mills and a factory at Yamachiche.

The Warne family owned fulling mills in the area.

He was often away in the West Riding, where he now owned several woollen mills which had been the basis of his father's fortune.

For more than 70 years, the company has owned timberland and mills.

The Joslin family, which owned large mills in the doomed villages, fought a long legal battle, which they eventually lost.