This worsted mill prospered and in 1811 the lower village was amongst the first in the United Kingdom to have gas lighting.

[1] The Pollution was fed away from the village underground to the mill's chimney which was located in a nearby field.

The village has a school (Dolphinholme Church of England Primary School), a village hall, a parish church (St Mark's C of E), a Methodist chapel, a pub (the Fleece Inn), a recreational ground, a tennis court and a bowling green.

Most of the historic lower village is still intact, the remains of the mill are in what is now a private garden but the chimney is still standing, in a nearby field.

A village breakfast takes place in the Chapel on the second Saturday or every month (except July and August) from 8:30 am to 10:30 am and is open to all without booking.