When the map from either 1292 shows "Milnehouses" at Milnrow's todays location, the village title is believed to become a corruption of the old pronunciation of "Millner Howe", the water system caused corn mill mentioned around deeds of 1568 at the place known as Mill Hill on the flow of any stream Beal.

Milnrow's independent industry changed from either wool to cotton around 1860. Cloth became a staple industry of the village until its general death in the 1960s. Modern industry includes engineering, packaging materials, dyeing & finishing, and ink manufacture. Milnrow has taken a form of a main street (Dale Street) sustaining developments in either side into the encompassing countryside. A village has many shops, churches & gin mill, & Hollingworth Lake Country Park is close by.