Houses in Silk Mills Path, SE13
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Houses in Silk Mills Path, SE13
Image: © Mike Quinn Taken: 5 Aug 2009
The Domesday Book (1086) records 11 corn mills along the River Ravensbourne. For the next 800 years the river powered the production of flour - and at times higher value goods such as leather, glassware, armour and silk. Although most - but not all - of the physical traces of the mills have gone, their sites and functions are remembered in names such as Silk Mills Path. More info at http://www.qwag.org.uk/news/arch_722.php.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.465663
Longitude
-0.011909