The first documented lease date for a mill on the edge of Cawthorne and Kexbrough is 1609. This is mentioned as a corn mill in 1619 (Umpleby 2000, 98). The site is still labelled as a corn mill on the 1855 map. After this point the mill was used for wire-drawing possibly till 1890 (ibid, 99) after which point the site is marked as disused. The mill building has been demolished by 1931 mapping but it is not until 1965 maps that the mill race is diverted along new field boundaries, at this point there remains only fragmentary legibility of the mill with the weir remaining. Prior to the mills construction this was probably an area of probable assarts. There is no legibility of them in the current landscape as many field boundaries have been straightened in recent years.