There used to be a weir and a Mill on the river.  The Mill existed in the Domesday records.  The last Mill was built in 1745. 

The weir got washed away by heavy floods in the winter of 1922. However it was rebuilt in 1926.  The weir kept the water at a high level, so there used to be a little steamer boat that went along the river between Bidford and Cleeve Prior.   After the weir was washed away it could not run any longer.  It had gone completely by 1946.

The old Mill stopped grinding corn and became a tea room during the Second World War. There was more flooding and the mill was used for the final time in 1946 when it was demolished by Mr Wylie.