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New Mills (other)
New Mills is a town in Derbyshire, England. New Mills may also refer to: In the Derbyshire town *New Mills A.F.C. *New Mills Central railway station *New Mills Newtown railway station *New Mills School *New Mills Urban District, former local government district Elsewhere *New Mills, Cornwall, England *New Mills, New Brunswick, Canada, near Heron Island See also *Newmills railway station, County Donegal, Ireland *Newmills Corn and Flax Mills, County Donegal *Newmills, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland *New Mill (other) *Newmill, Moray, Scotland *Newmill-on-Teviot, Scottish Borders {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Mills
New Mills is a town in the Borough of High Peak, Derbyshire, England, south-east of Stockport and from Manchester at the confluence of the River Goyt and Sett. It is close to the border with Cheshire and above the Torrs, a deep gorge cut through carboniferous sandstone, on the north-western edge of the Peak District national park. New Mills has a population of approximately 12,000, in a civil parish which includes the villages and hamlets of Whitle, Thornsett, Hague Bar, Rowarth, Brookbottom, Gowhole and Birch Vale. New Mills was first noted for coal mining, then for cotton spinning, bleaching and Calico (textile), calico printing. It was served by the Peak Forest Canal, three railway lines and the A6 road (England), A6 trunk road. Redundant mills were bought up in the mid-twentieth century by sweet manufacturer Swizzels Matlow. New Mills was a stronghold of Methodism. History New Mills is in the area formerly known as Bowden Middlecale which was a grouping of ten hamlets. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
