New Mills
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Little is known about North-West Derbyshire before the Domesday Book of 1086, when New Mills district was on the southern edge of the king's estate known as Longendale. The Domesday Book records that a thane called Ligulf had formerly held land in "Tornesete" (Thornsett), the earliest record of a local place name. By the thirteenth century, the area now known as New Mills was being administered as part of the royal forest of the Peak, which occupied much of north-west Derbyshire. Although New Mills came into existence in the late eighteenth century as an industrial village involved in cotton textiles. |
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Its name derived from a hamlet which grew up around a fourteenth century manorial cotton mill, the New Mylne', enclosed by a loop of the River Sett, which was located near the site of the present Salem Mill (at the bottom of High Street). Soon after 1391, if not before, the mill became known as New Mill ( 'Newmylne'). Here there was also an ancient bridge which provided an easy crossing of the Sett just before it enters an impressive gorge known as the Torrs.
Before industrialisation and the coming of the textile mills, the area consisted of scattered hill farms, cottages and hamlets. Since then and with industrialisation, more mills, factories and not to mention houses grew in stature. The population began to grow and because of the undulating countryside in and around New Mills, a new town quickly grew up, spreading up what is now High Street and over the fields of the Torr Top estate. A population of 1,878 in 1801 had almost doubled by 1831.
Today in New Mills you will find many houses which rise to two storeys on one side but three or four storeys on the other. New Mills is now a bustling town with plenty of local shops, restaurants and friendly pubs, with easy road links to major towns like Stockport. Closer to New Mills are the market towns of Chapel en le Frith and Whaley Bridge and there is a local theatre.
New Mills, has without doubt, some of the most spectacular of countryside views in and around the High Peak area. This leads the way for those who like to get out and about, to capture the full flavour of this picturesque area that so many people come to visit each year.
Before industrialisation and the coming of the textile mills, the area consisted of scattered hill farms, cottages and hamlets. Since then and with industrialisation, more mills, factories and not to mention houses grew in stature. The population began to grow and because of the undulating countryside in and around New Mills, a new town quickly grew up, spreading up what is now High Street and over the fields of the Torr Top estate. A population of 1,878 in 1801 had almost doubled by 1831.
Today in New Mills you will find many houses which rise to two storeys on one side but three or four storeys on the other. New Mills is now a bustling town with plenty of local shops, restaurants and friendly pubs, with easy road links to major towns like Stockport. Closer to New Mills are the market towns of Chapel en le Frith and Whaley Bridge and there is a local theatre.
New Mills, has without doubt, some of the most spectacular of countryside views in and around the High Peak area. This leads the way for those who like to get out and about, to capture the full flavour of this picturesque area that so many people come to visit each year.