Litton Mill
Litton Mill, Derbyshire Peak District. A water powered cotton mill was established here on the River Wye in 1782 by Ellis Needham and Thomas Frith and despite its rural setting adopted some of the worst working practices and conditions usually associated with urban locations. A regular supply of children from local workhouses and orphanages was supplemented by other children shipped from workhouses in London. The Mill is now much-altered apartments but some of the original buildings survive including a row of workers cottages, a chimney / flue and Managers House.
Litton Mill
Litton Mill, Derbyshire Peak District. A water powered cotton mill was established here on the River Wye in 1782 by Ellis Needham and Thomas Frith and despite its rural setting adopted some of the worst working practices and conditions usually associated with urban locations. A regular supply of children from local workhouses and orphanages was supplemented by other children shipped from workhouses in London. The Mill is now much-altered apartments but some of the original buildings survive including a row of workers cottages, a chimney / flue and Managers House.