Padsole Mill, Maidstone
A water-powered corn mill in the historic county of Kent, England.
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This is a Domesday site and fulling, paper, and flour mills have occupied the site since medieval times. The last corn mill was built on the site by William Taylor c 1874 but disused by 1957. It was known as Lenworth Mill from the 1930s. It was demolished in the 1980s.
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| Alternative names | Lenworth Mill |
| Power source | Water |
| Mill type | Watermill |
| River | Len |
| Mill function | Corn mill |
| Archive ID | 8571 |
| Location | Maidstone |
| Historic county | Kent |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| NGR | TQ 764 556 |
| Latitude/longitude | 51.25991307, 0.52573909 |
Location
References
- Alan Stoyel, Mills Archive Foundation Trustee
- Goodsall, Robert H, "Watermills on the River Len" (Archaeologica Cantiana, 71, 1957, pp. 106-129)
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