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In Calderdale fulling mills were built in
the valleys near to bridges where trackways from hillside villages
crossed rivers By the late 1290's a fulling mill, one of the
first in the county, had been built where the paths from Sowerby
and Warley crossed the rivers Calder and Ryeburn.
 The
village, which grew up around the mill, became Sowerby Bridge.
Other hillside settlements had fulling mills close by which became
separate villages. The fulling mill close to Heptonstall became
Hebden Bridge, and the fulling mill near Rastrick became Brighouse.
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