Pubs, Ponds and Power: The Story of the Village
Cromford
Season 1 Episode 5 of 6
Archaeologist Ben Robinson explores the history of Cromford in Derbyshire, which was at the heart of 18th-century industrialist Richard Arkwright's mechanised cotton mills and a textile revolution. Ben discovers Cromford became a new kind of village, built to service the enterprise of this powerful man
Pubs, Ponds and Power: The Story of the Village airs on BBC Four HD at 7:30 PM, Thursday 6 August. (Subtitles.)
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History
Ben Robinson
Presenter
Stuart Woodman
Producer
Diana Hare
Series Producer
Tony Parker
Executive Producer