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Taken from the footpath running along the west side of the pool at SO883795.
©Martyn B
Dist:0.2km<br/>The valve controls flow to the header tank for the waterwheel.
©John M
Dist:0.2km<br/>Churchill Forge water mill was one of the last working water powered forge mills in Britain, and was until the early 1970s producing metal tools such as spades, shovels and ladles. It is a Grade II listed building (http://www.churchillforge.org.uk)
©Richard Rogerson
Dist:0.2km<br/>The large overshot wheel powers the tilt hammers at the forge. The forge operated until the 1970s producing forks and spades.
©John M
Dist:0.2km<br/>The forge on the right is surrounded by various belt driven hammers and pressing equipment. The forge produced ladles, forks and spades until the 1970s.
©John M
Dist:0.2km<br/>A view down into the yard with water wheels to left and right.
©John M
Dist:0.2km<br/>The shears were used to cut metal rod into short lengths similar to the offcuts on the ground.
©John M
Dist:0.2km<br/>The narrower backshot wheel powered the forge bellows and grinding equipment.
©John M
Dist:0.2km<br/>View of the main wheel that originally drove tilt hammers. A set of shears is seen bottom left. This site is open on rare occasions (for example National Mills Open Day and Heritage Open Days).
©Chris Allen
Dist:0.2km<br/>Spade forge with drop hammers. Open on Mills Open and Heritage Open Days.
©Chris Allen
Dist:0.2km<br/>The term pound means an enclosure. The word has Saxon origins and is a place where straying or illegally pastured animals were confined. The Pound in Churchill was built in 1862 of English bond brick with sandstone coping. It was restored in 1966 and was Grade II listed in 1987.
©Richard Rogerson
Dist:0.2km<br/>Stakenbridge Road, view in the direction of Churchill.
©Brian Clift
Dist:0.3km<br/>Churchill Pound: the place where straying or illegally pastured animals were confined. Erected in 1862
©Ken Partridge
Dist:0.3km<br/>The School building was completed in 1895 and operated as a school until after the Second World War when it became a private house.
©Richard Rogerson
Dist:0.3km<br/>The village hall was originally the school until a new school was built in 1895. It was extended in about 1970 and the car park was built.
©Richard Rogerson

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