... a rural village, there was no shortage of land or difficulty with planning. Of course, Arkwright may simply have chosen the area because he knew it, or had friends there. Part 1 - How far did Cromford Village Change as a Result of Arkwright choosing it as the site for his Mill? As can be seen from Source 1, Cromford was small just a small rural hamlet before Arkwright came. This source is reliable as there is no reason for the artist to lie and there is no evidence in Cromford today that there was anything other than the mill to attract a larger population in the mid eighteenth century. Cromford had only 16 households and local lead mines. Yet, only 40 years later, Torrington describes Cromford as a busy and crowded place, like a "Chinese town" Source 1, 1749 Arkwright used local lead miners to work in his mill but he also needed ...

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