Little Matlock Rolling Mill

[1] The original mill dated from 1732 when James Balguy of Stannington leased land from the Duke of Norfolk to build a cutlers wheel on the site.

The rental records show numerous names as tenants in the ensuing years with the more long standing being the Hawley family, James Colley, J.W.

[2] The hamlet of Little Matlock was severely damaged by the Great Sheffield Flood of March 1864, it was accentuated by the fact that the River Loxley is quite narrow at that point as it squeezes between steep valley sides.

[3] The present day structure was built in 1882 on the foundations of the old buildings being constructed from squared gritstone with a slate roof.

[4] When operations ceased in 1999, the whole site was sold to a development company who had intended to convert all the buildings to residential properties.