Thread:Wotter27/@comment-82.42.3.201-20170105122711/@comment-8671999-20170105203840

Bit of an odd answer for you here that involves a little bit of rewriting the past. From the early episodes, the mill was situated on Emmerdale Farm land and a fair distance from the Beckindale village. In 1975 however, a plot was written where Annie discovered cracks appearing in the walls and it was demolished. Bizarrely, this detail was completely ignored when the mill returned to the screen in 1986 where Phil Pearce bought the mill at an auction, apparently having lay empty for over a decade. From there, the mill has remained in the show (now referred to as Mill Cottage) and over time has been rewritten as lying closer to the village. From the move to the Harewood set in the late 90s, it's now properly tied down as being at the bottom of Main Street.