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Newbridge Corn Mill Newbridge Ashdown Forest Hartfield

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Published	Title, author and references
1902	Historical Notes of Withyham, Hartfield and Ashdown Forest by C. N. Sutton ⇒ p. 350
1931	Wealden Iron by Ernest Straker ⇒ p. 248

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1497	History			Newbridge Corn Mill	Wealden Iron
	In 1497 Simon Ballarde was casting large quantities of iron shot here.

1523	History			Newbridge Corn Mill	Wealden Iron
	In 1523 the steward of the Duchy of Lancaster reported that £14 3s. 4d. was not received because no one would take the iron mills in Ashdown Forest until Lord Wiltshire took them. This refers to Newbridge.

1539	History			Newbridge Corn Mill	Wealden Iron
	In the Forest Proceedings, 1539 (Henry VIII.), mentioned under Steel Forge, there is a series of memoranda relating to Newbridge which give us the earliest accounts of a blast furnace and its forges. ............... It reads thus :"The yron mylles called Newebridge in the Nether ende of the fforest of Ashdowne. Oone Nysell hath assignement of this mill of my lord Wiltesher and yeris yet to come vij or thereabouts. The Myll well repaired in all thyngs...............

1574	History			Newbridge Corn Mill	Wealden Iron
	Newbridge in 1574, when Henry Bowyer of Tinsley held a double furnace there, apparently his private possession, although he acted for Queen Elizabeth elsewhere in the Forest

21^st Nov 1597	Leaseholder (21 yrs)		Thomas Tailor	Newbridge House	Buckhurst Terrier
	Thomas Tailor, clothier, holds by indenture the tenement called Newbridge House, and two watermills under one roof, also 6 acres of pasture, and 40 acres of pasture lying within the Forest adjoining the 6 acres, sometime enclosed with a pale. Rent £10 and 2 fat capons alive on 20th November

1650	History			Newbridge Corn Mill	Wealden Iron
	By 1650 the works had been abandoned ; the Parliamentary Survey of June 5th in that year says that the Earl of Dorcett claimed, inter alia, " the ffish ponds and all the wast ground whereon the forges and ffurnaces and workmens howses were seated."

c 1724		Part of the 1 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1724 by Richard Budgen		New Furnace

c 1795		Part of the 1 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1795 by William Gardner and Thomas Gream		Mill

6^th Jun 1841	Census	James Fillery, M, Head, age 50 to 54, born Sussex; occupation Miller	James Fillery	Newbridge Mill	1841 Census Hartfield, Sussex
6^th Jun 1841	Census	Leatitia Fillery, F, [Wife], age 45 to 49, born Sussex	Letitia Fillery [Combridge]
6^th Jun 1841	Census	George Fillery, M, [Son], age 15 to 19, born Sussex	George Fillery
6^th Jun 1841	Census	James Fillery, M, [Son], age 13, born Sussex	James Fillery
6^th Jun 1841	Census	John Streatfield, M, age 20 to 24, born Sussex; occupation Servant	John Streatfield
6^th Jun 1841	Census	Ann Dannell, F, age 15 to 19, born Sussex; occupation Servant	Ann Dannell

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head, employs 1 person; occupation Miller and farmer	James Fillery	Newbridge Mill	1851 Census Hartfield, Sussex
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Wife	Letitia Fillery [Combridge]
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Son; occupation Butcher	James Fillery
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Servant; occupation Labourer	James Brooker

1867	Directory entry	Fillery Mary, (Mrs), (exors. of), miller, Newbridge mill		Newbridge mill	Post Office Directory

1874	Directory entry	Bellingham Wm., miller, Newbridge mill		Newbridge mill	Post Office Directory

c 1875		Part of the 6 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1875 by Ordnance Survey		Newbridge Mill

3^rd Apr 1881	Census	William Fairall, M, Head, married, age 35, born Westfield; occupation Miller	William Fairall	Newbridge Mill	1881 Census Hartfield, Sussex
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Eliza Fairall, F, Wife, married, age 32, born Hellingly	Eliza Fairall
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Elizabeth Fairall, F, Daughter, age 9, born Brighton	Elizabeth Fairall
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Harry Langridge, M, Servant, age 16, born Hartfield; occupation Apprentice	Harry George Langridge, farm labourer

1882	Directory entry	Bellingham Wm., miller, Newbridge mill		Newbridge mill	Kelly's Directory

5^th Apr 1891	Census	George Betchley, M, Head, married, age 32, born Sedlescombe, Sussex; occupation: Miller and corn dealer	George Betchley	Water Mill, Newbridge	1891 Census Hartfield, Sussex
5^th Apr 1891	Census	Amy F Betchley, F, Wife, married, age 24, born Berwick, Sussex	Amy F Betchley

c 1899		Part of the 6 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1899 by Ordnance Survey		Corn Mill

c 1920		Newbridge Mill, Colemans Hatch and Gills Lap, Ashdown Forest photographed by Francis Frith			Private collection

c 1945		Newbridge Mill, Ashdown Forest		Newbridge Corn Mill	Private collection

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