Tuesday 26 October 2010

Beddington Mill



There is a tall Victorian mill building still on site and other associated workshops to the rear. This is a mill site dating back to Domesday, when two mills are listed. Earliest records describe a corn mill but after 1780 it was Lambert's snuff mill, although this eventually moved to Hackbridge. In 1878 it reverted to corn milling. The current building was a flourmill and bakery until 1950. The water wheels were replaced by a Little Giant double turbine and a gas engine. It may be that another building on site is the remains of the snuff mill

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