| Newbridge Corn Mill Newbridge Ashdown Forest Hartfield |
Books and other documents | |
| Published | Title, author and references |
| 1902 | Historical Notes of Withyham, Hartfield and Ashdown Forest by C. N. Sutton ⇒ p. 350 |
| 1931 | Wealden Iron by Ernest Straker ⇒ p. 248 |
| Historical records | |||||
| 1497 | History | Newbridge Corn Mill | Wealden Iron | ||
| In 1497 Simon Ballarde was casting large quantities of iron shot here. | |||||
| 1523 | History | Newbridge Corn Mill | Wealden Iron | ||
| In 1523 the steward of the Duchy of Lancaster reported that £14 3s. 4d. was not received because no one would take the iron mills in Ashdown Forest until Lord Wiltshire took them. This refers to Newbridge. | |||||
| 1539 | History | Newbridge Corn Mill | Wealden Iron | ||
| In the Forest Proceedings, 1539 (Henry VIII.), mentioned under Steel Forge, there is a series of memoranda relating to Newbridge which give us the earliest accounts of a blast furnace and its forges. ............... It reads thus :"The yron mylles called Newebridge in the Nether ende of the fforest of Ashdowne. Oone Nysell hath assignement of this mill of my lord Wiltesher and yeris yet to come vij or thereabouts. The Myll well repaired in all thyngs............... | |||||
| 1574 | History | Newbridge Corn Mill | Wealden Iron | ||
| Newbridge in 1574, when Henry Bowyer of Tinsley held a double furnace there, apparently his private possession, although he acted for Queen Elizabeth elsewhere in the Forest | |||||
| 21st Nov 1597 | Leaseholder (21 yrs) | Thomas Tailor | Newbridge House | Buckhurst Terrier | |
| Thomas Tailor, clothier, holds by indenture the tenement called Newbridge House, and two watermills under one roof, also 6 acres of pasture, and 40 acres of pasture lying within the Forest adjoining the 6 acres, sometime enclosed with a pale. Rent £10 and 2 fat capons alive on 20th November | |||||
| 1650 | History | Newbridge Corn Mill | Wealden Iron | ||
| By 1650 the works had been abandoned ; the Parliamentary Survey of June 5th in that year says that the Earl of Dorcett claimed, inter alia, " the ffish ponds and all the wast ground whereon the forges and ffurnaces and workmens howses were seated." | |||||
| c 1724 |  | Part of the 1 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1724 by Richard Budgen | New Furnace | ||
| c 1795 |  | Part of the 1 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1795 by William Gardner and Thomas Gream | Mill | ||
| 6th Jun 1841 | Census | James Fillery, M, Head, age 50 to 54, born Sussex; occupation Miller | James Fillery, miller and farmer | Newbridge Mill | 1841 Census Hartfield, Sussex |
| Leatitia Fillery, F, [Wife], age 45 to 49, born Sussex | Letitia Fillery [Combridge] | ||||
| George Fillery, M, [Son], age 15 to 19, born Sussex | George Fillery | ||||
| James Fillery, M, [Son], age 13, born Sussex | James Fillery | ||||
| John Streatfield, M, age 20 to 24, born Sussex; occupation: servant | John Streatfield, farmer | ||||
| Ann Dannell, F, age 15 to 19, born Sussex; occupation: servant | Ann Dannell | ||||
| 30th Mar 1851 | Census | Head, employs 1 person; occupation: miller and farmer | James Fillery, miller and farmer | Newbridge Mill | 1851 Census Hartfield, Sussex |
| Wife | Letitia Fillery [Combridge] | ||||
| Son; occupation: butcher | James Fillery | ||||
| Servant; occupation: labourer | James Brooker, labourer | ||||
| 1867 | Directory entry | Fillery Mary, (Mrs), (exors. of), miller, Newbridge mill | Newbridge mill | Post Office Directory | |
| 1874 | Directory entry | Bellingham Wm., miller, Newbridge mill | Newbridge mill | Post Office Directory | |
| c 1875 |  | Part of the 6 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1875 by Ordnance Survey | Newbridge Mill | ||
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | William Fairall, M, Head, married, age 35, born Westfield; occupation: miller | William Fairall, miller | Newbridge Mill | 1881 Census Hartfield, Sussex |
| Eliza Fairall, F, Wife, married, age 32, born Hellingly | Eliza Fairall | ||||
| Elizabeth Fairall, F, Daughter, age 9, born Brighton | Elizabeth Fairall | ||||
| Harry Langridge, M, Servant, age 16, born Hartfield; occupation: apprentice | Harry George Langridge, farm labourer | ||||
| 1882 | Directory entry | Bellingham Wm., miller, Newbridge mill | Newbridge mill | Kelly's Directory | |
| 5th Apr 1891 | Census | George Betchley, M, Head, married, age 32, born Sedlescombe, Sussex, occupation: miller and corn dealer | George Betchley, miller and corn dealer | Water Mill, Newbridge | 1891 Census Hartfield, Sussex |
| Amy F Betchley, F, Wife, married, age 24, born Berwick, Sussex | Amy F Betchley | ||||
| c 1899 |  | Part of the 6 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1899 by Ordnance Survey | Corn Mill | ||
| c 1920 |  | Newbridge Mill, Colemans Hatch and Gills Lap, Ashdown Forest photographed by Francis Frith | Private collection | ||
| c 1945 |  | Newbridge Mill, Ashdown Forest | Newbridge Corn Mill | Private collection | |
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