Sign reads: "Ye Bowmen and ye Archers good, Come in and drink with Robin Hood. If Robin to that fate has gone, Then take a glass with Little John" 1834 A.D.
A fulling mill existed in the area prior to the 16th century which had been replaced and extended. In 1861, Worrals a firm of dyers and finishers from Salford bought the newly built dyeworks and…