The first mill built on this site was a fulling mill. The fulling process involved trampling cloth to remove oils and to felt the fibres this became mechanised in the 13th century (Raistrick 1972, 96). Because of this earlier hand process these mills were sometimes known as walk mills and the land adjacent to this site still bears the name Walk Mill Bank. The earliest mention of this mill was in 1306 when Robert de Oxspring granted part of his fulling mill to Henry de Rockley. The mill continued in this use till the middle of the 19th century. In 1862 the mill site was utilised as a wire mill. It continued to be worked solely by water power till 1896 when a steam engine was acquired but this still took its water from the mill goit. The water wheel was dismantled in 1947 and the steam engine was replaced by an electric one. The goit was also gradually filled in from 1964. (Nicholson 2001, 141-144). The site continues in use as a wire mill. The early wire mill buildings partially survive but the site now consists of large metal roofed structures. There looks to be no survival of the earlier fulling mill and most traces of the water powered site have been removed. Prior to the water powered site this land was probably a wooded river valley there is partial legibility of this landscape.