Loose Stream Medway watermills (lower tributaries)

1 loose stream

1.1 brishing court mill, boughton monchelsea
1.2 leg-o-mutton (wilson s) mill, loose
1.3 old (gurney s) mill
1.4 loose village watermill
1.5 little ivy mill
1.6 great ivy mill
1.7 bockingford mill
1.8 hayle mill, tovil
1.9 upper crisbrook mill.
1.10 lower crisbrook mill.
1.11 upper tovil mill.
1.12 lower tovil mill (allnut mill).
1.13 bridge mill.

loose stream

the loose stream or river loose enters medway right @ tovil. lambarde mentions thirteen fulling mills , 1 corn mill. camden gives thirteen fulling mills. c.1715 kentish cloth trade has declined, , harris mentions 2 fulling mills , 1 paper mill. owing purity of stream, paper making rose in importance in nineteenth century.

brishing court mill, boughton monchelsea

tq 779 515 51°14′07″n 0°32′51″e / 51.23528°n 0.54750°e / 51.23528; 0.54750

the ancient manor of brishing court may have been site of mill. there little evidence supporting claim mill, have been demolished mid-eighteenth century if existed.

leg-o-mutton (wilson s) mill, loose

tq 762 521 51°14′27″n 0°31′31″e / 51.240748°n 0.525276°e / 51.240748; 0.525276

this mill took name shape of mill pond. in ownership of wilson family in 1870s. in later life mill converted 3 cottages, demolished. head of water being 12 feet (3.66 m) 15 feet (4.57 m) indicates overshot waterwheel.

old (gurney s) mill

tq 760 521 51°14′27″n 0°31′21″e / 51.240810°n 0.522413°e / 51.240810; 0.522413

only foundations of paper mill remain, salts lane. mill demolished after first world war. had overshot waterwheel of 15 feet (4.57 m) diameter , 9 feet (2.74 m) wide.

loose village watermill

tq 758 522 51°14′30″n 0°31′11″e / 51.241770°n 0.519600°e / 51.241770; 0.519600

this corn mill, 1 mentioned lambarde. had overshot waterwheel driving 3 pairs of millstones, , working until first world war subsequently demolished.

little ivy mill

this mill attached manor of pymps court in sixteenth century. fulling mill. later paper mill , latterly corn mill converted house in 1912, waterwheel , machinery being scrapped.

great ivy mill

this fulling mill, later paper mill. overshot waterwheel replaced turbine pentrough remained. papermaking had ceased before first world war.

bockingford mill

tq 75681 53644 51°15′18″n 0°30′58″e / 51.254896°n 0.516199°e / 51.254896; 0.516199

this once washing (fulling) mill, converted corn milling mid-nineteenth century. present building dates c. 1880 , last worked c. 1892, mrs marsham, owner gave notice miller wished terminate tenancy in april 1891. mill extended , converted house shortly after. last miller mr. wilson, tom bates preceding him. mr. rose, foreman @ little ivy mill 1 of first inhabitants of converted mill. mill pond 300 feet (91 m) long , 70 feet (21 m) wide, giving area of 2,333 square yards (1,951 m). frame of cast iron waterwheel, 12 feet (3.66 m) diameter , 8 feet (2.44 m) wide remains under building.

hayle mill, tovil

hayle mill straw hill

tq 756 53851°15′22″n 0°31′03″e / 51.256207°n 0.517523°e / 51.256207; 0.517523

this has been site of mill many centuries. last mill paper mill, built in 1808 , noted handmade paper. mill bought john green in 1817 , remained in green family until mill closed in 1987. in 1905, herbert green raised objections building of headcorn & maidstone junction light railway, extension of kent & east sussex railway, short portion of built far tovil. main objection smoke locomotives interfere operation of mill. eventual granting of light railway order involved tunnel considerably longer proposed, fact pleased mr. green, prophesised longer tunnel less chance line built. mill house burnt down on 20 june 2003, mill survived. house rebuilt in 2006–07 part of conversion of mill apartments. waterwheel 12 feet (3.66 m) diameter , 9 feet 9 inches (2.97 m) wide, being unusual combination of pitchback , high breast shot, having ability apply water wheel in 2 different positions. waterwheel bears legend f. clark, millwright, ashford 1875 .

upper crisbrook mill.

tq 756 541 51°15′32″n 0°30′55″e / 51.259018°n 0.515263°e / 51.259018; 0.515263

upper , lower crisbrook mills.



upper chrisbrook mill, converted residential, showing overshot wheel

the seventeenth century structure latterly had cast iron overshot waterwheel driving pumping machinery, working until 1960s. derelict waterwheel survived in 1970s , has been restored, mill buildings being house converted c.1975. both crisbrook mills property of dean , chapter of canterbury. ancient spelling of these mills christbrook/chrisbrook .

lower crisbrook mill.

tq 756 542 51°15′36″n 0°30′55″e / 51.259916°n 0.515312°e / 51.259916; 0.515312

wheel pit, lower chrisbrook mill

this late eighteenth century mill housed internal water wheel; corn mill c.1719. had overshot waterwheel driving 4 pairs of millstones. mill last worked in 1905 , machinery scrapped thirty years later. earlier mill on site mill leased prior of canterbury robert de hucham. parts of walls remain today.

upper tovil mill.

tq 7545 5445 51°15′44″n 0°30′48″e / 51.262208°n 0.513287°e / 51.262208; 0.513287

this fulling mill, later paper mill. mill had overshot waterwheel burnt down in 1894. rebuilt mill powered steam. site of mill cleared in 1980s make way housing development. 1 of tovil mills belonged maidstone college in 1525.

lower tovil mill (allnut mill).

tq 7520 5475 51°15′54″n 0°30′35″e / 51.264980°n 0.509854°e / 51.264980; 0.509854

this fulling mill, later paper mill. large overshot waterwheel scrapped in 1941 papermaking continued after war. buildings have been demolished , developed housing.

bridge mill.

tq 750 547 51°15′53″n 0°30′25″e / 51.264592°n 0.506966°e / 51.264592; 0.506966

originally fulling mill, corn mill. powder mill established here in eighteenth century , later oil mill. bridge mill latterly paper mill, ceasing work in late twentieth century. site has been cleared housing development.