For an explanation of the various pieces of machinery mentioned, see
Mill machinery.
Watermills of the River Medway and its tributaries |
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Fen Place Mill |
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West Hoathly Stream |
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Gravetye Foundry |
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Weir Wood Reservoir |
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Mill Place Foundry |
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East Grinstead Stream |
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Brook Mill |
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Dunning's Mill |
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Brambletye Mill |
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Tablehurst Mill |
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Parrock Forge |
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Hartfield Iron Mill |
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Hartfield Stream |
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Bower Forge |
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Cansiron Furnace |
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Averies Mill |
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Bolebroke Mill |
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Warren Brook |
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Mill Brook |
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Nutley Mill |
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Old Mill |
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Steel Forge |
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New Mill |
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Pippingford Furnace |
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Crowborough Furnace |
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Newbridge Furnace |
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Withyham Mill |
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Newbridge Mill |
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Withyham pump |
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Cotchford Forge |
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Buckhurst Park Mill |
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Cotchford Mill |
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Waterdown Forest Stream |
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Jarvis Brook |
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Eridge Stream |
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Maynards Gate Forge |
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Cowford Furnace |
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Eridge Furnace |
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Maynards Gate Furnace |
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Redgate Mill |
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Eridge Forge |
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Birchden Forge |
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Hamsell Stream |
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Hamsell Forge |
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Motts Mill Stream |
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Motts Mill |
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Groombridge Stream |
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Hungershall Forge |
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Groombridge Mill |
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Ashurst Mill |
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Kent Water |
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Scarletts Furnace |
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Scarletts Mill |
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Cowden Furnace |
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Bassetts Mill Stream |
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Cowden (Old) Furnace |
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Bassetts Mill |
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Kentwater Mill |
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Holywych Mill |
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Blackham Mill |
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Pilbeames Forge |
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Ashurst Furnace |
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Chafford Mills |
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Poundbridge Stream |
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Pound Bridge Mill |
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Barden Mill Stream |
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Southborough Stream |
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Broomhill Mill |
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Modest Corner Mills |
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Speldhurst Mill |
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Pound Bridge Mill |
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Barden Furnace |
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Barden Mill |
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Pound Mill |
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River Eden |
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Titsey Mill |
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Gibbs Brook |
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Limpsfield Mill |
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mill site |
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Tidy Green Mill |
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Ivy Mill |
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Upper Mill |
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Leigh Mill |
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Middle Mill |
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mill site |
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Coltsford Mill |
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mill site |
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Eden Brook |
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Hedgecourt Mill |
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Felcourt Mill |
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Lingfield Tannery |
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Kent Brook or Crooked River |
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Haxted Mill |
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Doghurst Mill |
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Town Mill |
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Four Elms Mill |
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Christmas Mill |
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Site of Bough Beech Furnaces |
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Bough Beech Reservoir |
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Hever Castle Mill |
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Chiddingstone Mill |
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Vexour Park Mill |
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Salman's Farm Mill |
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Ensfield Mill |
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Limit of navigation |
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Ramhurst Mill |
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Powder Mills |
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Town Lock |
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Town Mill |
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To mouth |
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The Medway and its tributaries and sub-tributaries have been used for over 1,150 years as a source of power. There are over two hundred sites where the use of water power is known.
These uses included corn milling, fulling, paper making, iron smelting, pumping water, making gunpowder, vegetable oil extraction, and electricity generation.
Today, there is just one watermill working for trade. Those that remain have mostly been converted. Such conversions include a garage, dwellings, restaurants, museums and a wedding venue. Some watermills are mere derelict shells, lower walls or lesser remains. Of the majority, there is nothing to be seen.
A large number of tributaries feed into the River Medway. The tributaries that powered watermills will be described in the order that they feed in. The mills are described in order from source to mouth. Left bank and right bank are referred to as though the reader is facing downstream. This article covers the tributaries that feed in above Penshurst.