Tide mills in West Sussex SMR:
Coastal, near Chichester
Sidlesham, Pagham Harbour, c. 1755-1919, brick plinth still visible, NGR SZ 8605
9729.
Bosham, tide mill for salt milling, undershot wheel, at edge of Fishbourne
Harbour, C19. Tide mill mentioned 1512, not worked after 1913, SU 8368 0411.
Footings still visible at low tide.
Chichester, water corn mill, "Mr Farhill's Mill" at edge of Fishbourne Harbour,
built late C18, disused soon after 1834 when a smock mill built nearby, SU 8381
0407.
Birdham, weather-boarded tide mill at The Salterns, SU 8248 0112.
Burpham
Tide mill at Burpham, said c. 1922 to have been situated on the Boundary Brook
(tributary of tidal River Arun), just to the east of Burpham Camp. Field-names
"The Pens" and "The Shuttles". Appears to be postulated largely on place-name
evidence. TQ 0400 0861.
John Mills
Archaeologist, West Sussex County Council
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