This polygon shows the site of the former water powered complex shown on OS data until the 1930s at 'Smithy Wood Bottom'. The earliest certain date quoted by Crossley for this site is 1721 when it was known as 'Smithywood Wheel' (Crossley 1989, 104) indicating the presence of a grinding wheel. There are 17th century references to a 'Cliffefield' and 'Garlick' wheel from 1603 onwards in Norton parish registers although it has not been proved beyond doubt that these are one in the same sites. Mott (1969, p214) records that in 1535 at least "one iron bloomery of the Abbey was included in the records of 1535" and that the placename "Smithie Wood" was recorded by 1607 indicating an early smelting site in the vicinity. Possible site of the medieval 'New Mills' (dated by Mott to 1180 - p 212). In its known history the wheel was sold as a scythe grinding wheel to Samuel Shore in 1777 and by the 19th century is listed as a 'tilt' and 'forge' (Crossley 1989, p 104). The construction of the Midland Railway left the site relatively unscathed with the 1863 project map (reproduced in ibid p104) showing a building to the north of the dam and separate from the main complex (possibly a managers house) in addition to a complex of buildings around the forge itself. The freehold of the site was bought by the Tyzack family in the mid 1870s. In the 1901 rate book the site included scythe grinding shops, tilt and forge but (perhaps surprisingly) no steam engine. (SMR PRN 00767 quoting Crossley). 20th century map evidence shows the dam silting up from 1924 onwards and filled by 1952. Light construction and likely concrete floors of present late 20th century warehouses may preserve archaeological evidence of the earlier site. Fragmentary legibility from the surviving weir and the course of Little London Road, which traces the perimeter of this site.