Looking for evidence of a Bark Mill in, or near Barking in the 1600s.
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Thread: Bark Mill, Barking
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30-03-2017, 7:00 AM #1
Bark Mill, Barking
Peter Nicholl
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30-03-2017, 7:15 AM #2
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Would that be a bark mill or something actually named "Bark Mill"?
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30-03-2017, 7:46 AM #3
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Have you looked at old maps of the area, someone will come along and tell you where to look for them.
goggling "Bark Mill Barking Essex" 2nd one down is - Bark mill - Revolvy (take a look)
Photo of Wellington Windmill.
Wellington Windmill was a weather boarded smock windmill[1] which stood near to what is now Dukes Court, Barking, in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham - but then a part of Essex. The windmill stood from 1815 to 1926.[1]
The mill was built to assist with work at the nearby mill at Marks Gate. It was named in celebration of his victory at the Battle of Waterloo. In the later 19th century, it was occupied by Francis Whitbourne. The Firman family later occupied the mill; and converted it to electric power in 1906.[1]
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30-03-2017, 10:37 AM #4
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30-03-2017, 10:54 AM #5
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So, a bark mill, not Bark Mill.
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30-03-2017, 2:11 PM #6
Thanks Sandy, The link was helpful, although the Wellington mill was a bit later on. I have three generations of tanners in Barking, covering 1620, or earlier, through to when the last one died in 1713. I'd assumed a windmill, but the reference to water and horses is interesting.
Peter Nicholl
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30-03-2017, 6:01 PM #7
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British History on line
https://www.british-history.ac.uk/lor...ol25/pp142-147
Mentions "Barking Mill".
(Haven't checked any other of the 22 "hits" under the search key "bark mill")"dyfal donc a dyr y garreg"
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30-03-2017, 6:59 PM #8
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Looking at the parliamentary reports 1737, the mill in question at Barking re. making the River Rodon navigable was a Corn Mill.
"dyfal donc a dyr y garreg"
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30-03-2017, 7:45 PM #9
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"dyfal donc a dyr y garreg"
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31-03-2017, 7:23 AM #10
Thanks very much. Really interesting and following through some of your suggestions I came across an article on the mills along the Roding. I wonder whether the bark mills were stand alone? I wouldn't want tree roots in my baker's bread.
Peter Nicholl
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