The bleachworks was in operation from about 1790, leased by John Pickering a linen manufacturer. By 1871 linen weaving was also carried out on the site and by 1912 some dying was also taking place. Bleaching had probably stopped by 1929 (Taylor 1993, 52-4). After this point the site concentrated on linen manufacturing although during the Second World War the mill was converted to manufacture denim and canvas (Barugh Green and District Local History Group 1989). Textile manufacturing ceased by 1957 and the site is now reused as a depot. There is no legibility of the former assarted woodland.