Abandoned Mill (ESSEX)

[Charzzz23]

Abandoned Corn Mill
Originally a water powered corn mill. It's not known when a mill was founded on this site, but the Doomsday book references that there was a mill near this site as long ago as 1066.
At that point, all the buildings were wooden and the mill stream ran under the centre of the building to turn the water wheel. With the opening of the large building that later became known as the Engine House in 1929 water was taken from both the River Chelmer and a borehole and treated in this building before being pumped to Galleywood reservoir. From there it was available to the cities inhabitants. By the 1980s the waterworks at the Mill had become redundant in the face of larger waterworks able to pump more water nearby and was closed before the end of the decade.

 

[Dansgas1000]

Good stuff, this was sealed tight on my visit a few months ago.

 

[Charzzz23]

Good stuff, this was sealed tight on my visit a few months ago.

Yeh the entry point is abit sketchy tbh. And unless you know where to get in the whole building is otherwise sealed up tight. Im actually going back soon because i still havent been through the whole building

 

[BikinGlynn]

Thats nice, was it a corn mill? looks like a water works to me!

 

[Charzzz23]

Thats nice, was it a corn mill? looks like a water works to me!

Yeh i googled the history and it says it was a corn mill.

 

[HughieD]

Can we have a little more information to make this into a proper report please?

 

[verdigris]

nice looking building - ? Crittall windows ?
bit more info please

 

[Charzzz23]

Can we have a little more information to make this into a proper report please?

What info do u want about the place?

 

[Sam Haltin]

What info do u want about the place?

You could start with:-
Who was the owner?
What year was it built?
When did it close down?

 

[HughieD]

What info do u want about the place?

Have you seen how other reports on the site are written? That's a good place to look.

A report isn't just a photo dump of a place.

 

[Charzzz23]

You could start with:-
Who was the owner?
What year was it built?
When did it close down?

originally a water powered corn mill. It's not known when a mill was founded on this site, but the Doomsday book references that there was a mill near this site as long ago as 1066.
At that point, all the buildings were wooden and the mill stream ran under the centre of the building to turn the water wheel. With the opening of the large building that later became known as the Engine House in 1929 water was taken from both the River Chelmer and a borehole and treated in this building before being pumped to Galleywood reservoir. From there it was available to the cities inhabitants. By the 1980s the waterworks at the Mill had become redundant in the face of larger waterworks able to pump more water nearby and was closed before the end of the decade.

 

[Charzzz23]

Have you seen how other reports on the site are written? That's a good place to look.

A report isn't just a photo dump of a place.

originally a water powered corn mill. It's not known when a mill was founded on this site, but the Doomsday book references that there was a mill near this site as long ago as 1066.
At that point, all the buildings were wooden and the mill stream ran under the centre of the building to turn the water wheel. With the opening of the large building that later became known as the Engine House in 1929 water was taken from both the River Chelmer and a borehole and treated in this building before being pumped to Galleywood reservoir. From there it was available to the cities inhabitants. By the 1980s the waterworks at the Mill had become redundant in the face of larger waterworks able to pump more water nearby and was closed before the end of the decade.

 

[Charzzz23]

You could start with:-
Who was the owner?
What year was it built?
When did it close down?

Hi ive replied to two other comments with some history. Sorry i didnt post it upon uploading the photos but you should be able to see one of the replies with the details of the building that i found online.

 

[Charzzz23]

nice looking building - ? Crittall windows ?
bit more info please

Hi sorry i didnt post any info on the building when I originally posted the photos but i have replied to two people where u can see the info i found online about the building.

 

[Sam Haltin]

Hi sorry i didnt post any info on the building when I originally posted the photos but i have replied to two people where u can see the info i found online about the building.

That's fantastic. That's all is needed in this forum when posting pictures. Just a little short history.

 

[HughieD]

originally a water powered corn mill. It's not known when a mill was founded on this site, but the Doomsday book references that there was a mill near this site as long ago as 1066.
At that point, all the buildings were wooden and the mill stream ran under the centre of the building to turn the water wheel. With the opening of the large building that later became known as the Engine House in 1929 water was taken from both the River Chelmer and a borehole and treated in this building before being pumped to Galleywood reservoir. From there it was available to the cities inhabitants. By the 1980s the waterworks at the Mill had become redundant in the face of larger waterworks able to pump more water nearby and was closed before the end of the decade.

Nice one. Posted the above text into your initial post.

 

[Charzzz23]

That's fantastic. That's all is needed in this forum when posting pictures. Just a little short history.

Yeh i know and ill make sure i have the information for future posts, still new to this and working it all out ill be more prepared with my future posts

 

[verdigris]

thanks for posting the information
( Essex person here)

 

[Charzzz23]

thanks for posting the information
( Essex person here)

Omg ive been looking for someone else in essex to explore with !! Could i possibly dm u on here or on another social platform so we can possibly arrange something ?

 

[Charzzz23]

Nice one. Posted the above text into your initial post.

Thank you ! I will be sure to make sure i post tye relevant information to my future posts