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Alfriston Tower Mill, by Bob Bonnett, published 2009 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 39, article, pp.13-14, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16389/39]   Download PDF

In the past Alfriston had two windmills. A post mill on the outskirts of the village is shown on the 1845 Tithe Map as is Alfriston Tower Mill, situated a quarter of a mile to the south west of Alfriston, which still remains. Two post mills, often mistaken for Alfriston mills, have stood on a site one mile to the south west of Alfriston: Berwick 'old' Mill blown down in a gale on 8 January 1735, and Berwick 'new' Mill destroyed by fire during a violent gale on 8 March 1881.

Isfield Water Mills, by Bob Bonnett, published 2009 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 39, article, pp.22-27, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16389/39]   Download PDF

Isfield is first mentioned in Domesday as Sifelle, although, a settlement was here before the Romans built their road from London to Lewes early in the second century. Perhaps a new hamlet grew at the place where the road crossed the River Ouse. The church is twelfth century and Isfield Place c.1600; therefore, with the Rivers Ouse and the Uck flowing through the parish, it is most probable that a corn mill was built here in the Middle Ages. A fulling mill is recorded in Isfield in 1558 (Sussex Archaeological Collections 116 (1978) 41).

Sources for Sussex Mills, Millers and Millwright Research, by Bob Bonnett, published 2011 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 41, article, pp.15-23, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16389/41] & The Keep [LIB/506538]   Download PDF

Whilst trawling through the Sussex Record Society year books and other archive records for material for a future book on the mills in the Uckfield area, facts were discovered which do not directly relate to Uckfield, but can be of use to others interested in the history of mills in Sussex. I felt it worthwhile, therefore, to list what was found. This is not in any way a definitive list and much, much more can be found in the East and West Sussex Record Offices, the Mill Archive and elsewhere.
Mill-related information in the Manuscripts of the Newnham & Shelley Families, late of Maresfield Park, Maresfield, East Sussex, held by the East Sussex Record Office.

The Windmills on Juggs Road, by Bob Bonnett, published 2012 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 42, article, pp.9-15, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16389/42] & The Keep [LIB/506539]   Download PDF

Argos Post Mill, by Bob Bonnett, published 2013 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 43, article, pp.19-24, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16389/43] & The Keep [LIB/507840]   Download PDF

Offham Smock Mill, Hamsey, by Bob Bonnett, published 2013 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 43, article, pp.26-28, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16389/43] & The Keep [LIB/507840]   Download PDF

The Mills of Barcombe Parish, by Bob Bonnett, published 2014 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 44, article, pp.2-10, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16389/44] & The Keep [LIB/507922]   Download PDF