Jumples Mill

In 1500 William Lister built a fulling mill - cloth was beaten with wooden hammers to clean it. A mill damn collected water to serve the wheel. Steam engines replaced water power in 1826.

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Slippy Lane

One of Mixenden’s oldest lanes, it was originally cobbled. It has several twists and turns. Part of it has become Mixenden Road, and the south-eastern part, Roper Green.

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