There are records of there being two mills at Millhouses of medieval origin. None of the mill buildings survive but the mill ponds and part of the tail race survive as marshy areas. The site is reused as a private residence. The river Dearne has been rerouted and large flood banks built so the channels no longer reach the river. Milling continued on the site until the 1930s but in the 20th century the mill would have been at least partially steam powered as maps show a chimney on site. Umpleby 2000, 157-8). There is no legibility of the former landscape.