eaw011411 ENGLAND (1947). Horsebridge Flour Mill, Upper Horsebridge, 1947. This image was marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing.

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Details

Title	[EAW011411] Horsebridge Flour Mill, Upper Horsebridge, 1947. This image was marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing.
Reference	EAW011411
Date	1-October-1947
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Place name	UPPER HORSEBRIDGE
Parish	HAILSHAM
District
Country	ENGLAND
Easting / Northing	558120, 111367
Longitude / Latitude	0.24791711661711, 50.879578349038
National Grid Reference	TQ581114

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Mill Cottage, Horsebridge Mills Report as Inappropriate	John Cockcroft	Sunday 7th of September 2025 04:15:59 PM
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entrance to the Flour mill Report as Inappropriate	bescotbeast	Thursday 15th of October 2015 04:13:00 PM
Lorry loading bags of flour or other grain product Report as Inappropriate	MB	Sunday 24th of November 2013 10:28:14 AM
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Mill leat or race Report as Inappropriate	MB	Sunday 24th of November 2013 10:26:21 AM

User Comment Contributions

The mill was built in 1884; the previous structure was destroyed in a fire reported in the Sussex Advertiser, 30-9-1884. In the early twentieth century a two-sack roller plant was installed. A further fire in 1908 caused damage to the plant. Waterpower was used until 1945; a steam engine was used sparingly. After 1945 the mill relied on electricity.

The low breastshot waterwheel of 17ft diam. x 8ft 10in width was still in situ in the 1990s.

[Source: Derek Stidder & Colin Smith, Watermills of Sussex. Volume I - East Sussex. Baron Birch 1997]

Sunday 24th of November 2013 10:46:54 AM