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The mill pond at Thorrington Tide Mill

Period: 
Tudor (1485-1603), Elizabethan (1558-1603), Stuart (1603-1714), Hanoverian (1714-1837), Victorian (1837-1901), 20th Century (1901-1999), 21st Century (2000- )
Copyright: 
Clacton VCH Group/University of London
Image Caption: 
The large mill pond at Thorrington Tide Mill in 2015. It would have been filled at each high tide and the water released on the ebb tide to drive the waterwheel.
Asset Author: 
Clacton VCH Group