Hoyle Mill may have been one of the mills given to Monk Bretton Priory in the 12th century but there is no clear evidence of this. There was a corn mill recorded as previously belonging to the priory at the time of the monasteries dissolution. The 1762 enclosure map of Ardsley shows Hole Mill bridging the river Dearne. The corn mill was rebuilt in the early 19th century and became a manganese grinding mill. This was probably manganese dioxide which was used for bleaching. A range of chemicals were being produced by 1815 but the business transferred to Walton in 1817. (Umpleby 2000, 142-3). Samuel Coward, a former linen weaver, was identified with a bleachworks at Hoyle Mill in 1820. (Taylor 1993, 29). This was probably on the same site as the former corn and chemical mill as by 1841 a mill building identified as a former corn mill was being used as a bleaching and calendaring works (Umpleby 2000, 143). By 1826 Coward has moved his bleachworks to Swithen (HSY6624) but a bleachworks remained in operation on this site until at least 1848 (Taylor 1993, 30). This land is no the edge of an area named Swinhill which was an area of open field in the medieval period. This land may have been part of the open field. Remains of the water powered sites and bleachworks have been removed by the development of the Dearne Valley Park in 1980 (South Yorkshire Forest Partnership 2000 [accessed 6/12/07]) so there is no legibility of the past landscape.