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The site Cromford Village and Mills, Derbyshire By: Joseph McHale 11P Introduction During the period between 1771 and 1800 Cromford Mills were built and Cromford Village was considerably enlarged. It was built by Sir Richard Arkwright, who had invented the waterframe in 1769. The invention of the waterframe and the development of other mechanised machines turned the cotton industry from a domestic "cottage" industry into a factory driven one. The mill proved to be a great success and subsequently historians have studied a number of issues concerning both the mill and village at Cromford, which played an important part in British economic history. Unfortunately these studies have not proved to be fully conclusive as a large part of the mill was burnt down in 1890 and this has meant that certain issues have been left open to debate. This study intends to consider the same issues historians study and by using primary and secondary...

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