It was used for fulling woollen cloth and milling corn. Grist, cider, lumber, and fulling mills were built. There was also a carding machine and fulling mill near the village. It was then fulled, usually in a fulling mill. Thomas White soon added a carding and fulling mill. The site included a distillery and saw, grist, carding, and fulling mills by 1827. Nearby were a corn mill and a fulling mill. Bridge End Mill was originally built in 1782 as a fulling mill. Early recorded industries in Redcliffe include weaving, fulling and dyeing. The mills expanded and by 1788 were equipped with five waterwheels driving eighteen fulling stocks. The Warne family owned fulling mills in the area. One type was fulling mill, which was used for cloth making. He bought the fulling mill in 1602. At least one mill was for fulling. This was the site of a fulling mill belonging to Palsters Manor.