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Mill pond at Barford middle mill, 1906 |
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Mill pond at Barford middle mill, 1906
There were once three mills operating on the Barford stream, the upper and lower ones involved in paper-making, while the middle one ground corn. |
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Barford middle mill, shown in these pictures, stopped working commercially at some time prior to the 1930s and has now been converted into a private house. |
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Barford middle mill, 1923
The upper and lower mills stopped working in the 1880s and have since been demolished, though the mill house of the lower mill still stands-an impressive three-storey building near Barford bridge. |
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Barford middle mill, 1923 |
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Tilbury and Warren families were shown as being involved in papermaking at Barford in the 1841 and 1851 censuses of Headley parish, but by 1891 only a flock mill is mentioned.
The middle mill was the oldest-established of the three, being mentioned in a pipe roll of the manor of Farnham in 1264-the others dated only from the 1730s. |
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The ford at Barford, pre-1900 |
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The ford at Barford, pre-1900
We are looking from Surrey (Churt) into Hampshire (Headley). Barford Stream Cottage is in the background. The stream has just passed through Barford lower mill, to the left, and is on its way down to Simmonstone.
This card was still being used in 1907, after the ford had been bridged. |
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23 Dec 1899: Headley Mill ford - the latest stage in agitation for a bridge to replace the dangerous ford has brought the wished-for structure well within the prospect of being built…
26 May 1900: Discussions started about a bridge at Barford, to be three-quarters in Hampshire…
Barford got its bridge within six years-at Headley Mill we are still waiting a century later! |
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Barford Stream and the path to Simmonstone, 1923 |
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Barford Stream and the path to Simmonstone, 1923
The footpath on the right (now Headley footpath No.23) comes down from the junction of Churt Road and Hammer Lane to cross the stream and county boundary by a footbridge. The footpath from Churt (now Frensham footpath No.31) comes out at the stile. |
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Both then follow the track in the foreground, which leads eventually to Frensham Great Pond.
The remains of the brick shed on the left can still be found in the undergrowth today. |
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Introduction
Barford
