in the 1428 will of sir thomas colepeper it is referred to as the mill of "greenerssh". the mill was marked on a map dated 1579. the mill was marked as crenhurst mill on a map of 1769. ramshurst mill was marked on the 1801 ordnance survey map, but not on greenwoods map dated 1821. in 1851, henry morgan was a millwright living at ramhurst mills, leigh.