Earliest record for a mill on this site 1709. First records describe a 'cutlers wheel', by 1782 described as 'Owlerton Tilt' (i.e. tilt hammer forge). Forge still in use in 1956 however by this time the works were no longer water powered. No dam was ever part of this works, the wheel turned by water taken directly from the weir. Filled tail goit and wheel pit can be inferred from curving building line to the south which follows the line of the goit as shown until the 1952 OS 1:1250 plan. Lack of address point data indicates that the premises may now be vacant. (The mill building, probably much altered may remain on site. The buildings to the east and south of the mill date to the 1930s.) Partial legibility of this water powered site. See SMR PRN 1667 and Crossley et al (1989, 47)