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Bishopstone and the lost village of Tide MIlls

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    Authors & editors

    Lyndhurst, David [Author]

    Publisher SB Publications
    Year of publication 2001
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    Medium Book
    Edition1
    Topics

    Wind & watermills > England > Sussex
    Energy & power > Watermills > Tide mills

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    Scope & contentThe tide mill was completed in 1768. The booklet describes how it flourished during Napoleonic times. The village became uninhabitable in the 1930s and was demolished in the Second World War. At the end of the War "Tide Mills was a ruined, bleak and deserted area."
    Photograph of the tide mill from the west showing the five arches through which the water flowed and a modern sketch based on an unsigned 1835 oil paining



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    Accession no. 230540

    • Shelf location: F456