Site of Bridge Mill, a paper mill established by Albert Reed c1895. Operated until 1980s and subsequently cleared for housing development. (1)

possibly the TQ 75 54. Between 1698 and 1704 Bridge Mill near the confluence of the river Loose and the river Medway was converted from fulling to gunpowder milling. In 1731 there was an explosion, and by the mid -eighteenth century it had been converted to corn milling. (2)

Historic England archive material: RCH01/043 Dangerous Energy Project The project was carried out by staff of RCHME between 1994-1997 and studied the principal sites associated with military explosives manufacture. Contents : Correspondence, photographs, research material

<2> Crocker, G. 1988. Gunpowder Miller Gazetteer SPAB (OS Card Reference). SKE39492.