Waterdown Forest Stream Medway watermills (upper tributaries)




1 waterdown forest stream

1.1 cowford furnace
1.2 redgate mill, rotherfield
1.3 birchden forge, rotherfield





waterdown forest stream

a stream rises near jarvis brook, , enters medway on right bank below warren brook. powered 3 watermills, , number of tributaries powered watermills.


cowford furnace

tq 559 320 51°03′58″n 0°13′33″e / 51.066037°n 0.225963°e / 51.066037; 0.225963 furnace built in 1562, when builders in dispute lord abergavenny. appears have ceased working 1574. dam recorded 70 metres (77 yd) long , 3 metres (9 ft 10 in) high.


redgate mill, rotherfield

tq 552 324 51°04′11″n 0°12′58″e / 51.069821°n 0.216151°e / 51.069821; 0.216151 redgate mill corn mill, on site of earlier furnace.


birchden forge, rotherfield

tq 533 353 51°05′47″n 0°11′25″e / 51.096393°n 0.190281°e / 51.096393; 0.190281


birchden forge had large pond, fed 2 streams. mentioned in of roger machyn, proved in 1524. in 1574 sold sir walter waller, passing michael weston in 1579. in 1595 earl of dorset bought forge, tenant being thomas richardson. recorded on map of 1598. forge sold john baker in 1617, tenant richard maynard, left half share in birchden , hamsell furnaces son-in-law in 1619. forge operating in 1653 , 1667. john browne built boring mill in 1677. forge mentioned if reference sale of 2 iron mills @ birchden in 1709 , 1719. forge remained in baker family until 1737. dam has been recorded @ 155 metres (170 yd) long , 2 metres (6 ft 7 in)high.








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