▁ev ocation ▁of ▁the ▁air ts , ▁or ▁spirits ▁of ▁the ▁four ▁directions , ▁with ▁obvious ▁correl ates ▁in ▁relation ▁to ▁spirits ▁in ▁the ▁land ▁of ▁the ▁dead ". ▁ ▁The ▁various ▁finds ▁from ▁the ▁ 1 8 9 8 ▁dig ▁are ▁now ▁hous ed ▁in ▁the ▁Tod m orden ▁Library , ▁on ▁permanent ▁display . ▁ ▁Early ▁history ▁ ▁The ▁earliest ▁written ▁record ▁of ▁the ▁area ▁is ▁in ▁the ▁Dom es day ▁Book ▁( 1 0 8 6 ). ▁S ett lement ▁in ▁medieval ▁Tod m orden ▁was ▁dispers ed . ▁Most ▁people ▁living ▁in ▁scattered ▁far ms ▁or ▁in ▁isolated ▁hill top ▁agricult ural ▁settlement s . ▁Pack hor se ▁tra ils ▁were ▁marked ▁by ▁ancient ▁stones ▁of ▁which ▁many ▁still ▁surv ive . ▁ ▁For ▁hundreds ▁of ▁years ▁streams ▁from ▁the ▁surrounding ▁hills ▁provided ▁water ▁for ▁corn ▁and ▁full ing ▁mill s . ▁Tod m orden ▁grew ▁to ▁relative ▁prosper ity ▁by ▁combining ▁far ming ▁with ▁the ▁production ▁of ▁w ool len ▁text iles . ▁Some ▁ye omen ▁cloth iers ▁were ▁able ▁to ▁build ▁fine ▁houses , ▁a ▁few ▁of ▁which ▁still ▁exist ▁today . ▁In cre asing ly , ▁though , ▁the ▁area ' s ▁industry ▁turned ▁to ▁cot ton . ▁The ▁proxim ity ▁of ▁Manchester , ▁as ▁a ▁source ▁of ▁material ▁and ▁trade , ▁was ▁und ou bt edly ▁a ▁strong ▁factor . ▁Another ▁was ▁that ▁the ▁strong ▁P enn ine ▁streams ▁and ▁rivers ▁were ▁able ▁to ▁power ▁the ▁machine ▁lo oms . ▁Im prov ements ▁in ▁text