Barcombe Mills, Barcombe
A water-powered button mill and corn mill in the historic county of Sussex, England.
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Destroyed in a huge fire in 1939, latterly was a turbine driven button mill. The mill stones that feature in old pictures are still near by. This mill had two breastshot waterwheels.
Full details
| Power source | Water |
| Mill type | Watermill |
| River | Ouse |
| Mill function | Button mill, Corn mill |
| Archive ID | 8387 |
| Location | Barcombe |
| Historic county | Sussex |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| NGR | TQ 43295 14852 |
| Latitude/longitude | 50.91540000, 0.03710000 |
Location
Gallery
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Photo: Colin Smith
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Photo: Colin Smith
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Photo: Colin Smith
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Photo: Colin Smith
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References
- Anthony Bryan, Mills Research Group Database
- Ordnance Survey six-inch map, Sussex LIV (1878)
- Stidder, Derek & Colin Smith, Watermills of Sussex: Volume 1 - East Sussex (Baron, 1997), p. 36
Contributors
Colin Smith, May/September 2016
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