Chegworth Mill
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Chegworth Mill by Penny Mayes as part of the Geograph project.
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Chegworth Mill
Image: © Penny Mayes Taken: 4 Nov 2005
Sluice and overshot wheel of Chegworth Mill - one of the 27 recorded mills on the 12 miles of the River Len, 23 of which were mentioned in the Domesday Book. Most were built to grind wheat but several changed to fulling mills with the influx of Huguenot cloth workers in the 17th century.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.243402
Longitude
0.648243