powdermills

Kensington was over Merrow Downs to Newlands Corner, and it is worth while to climb up Newlands Corner to look at the view as Cobbett saw it, with the pale distances of eight counties on his horizon, and the dark, tall chimneys of the powdermills he detested smoking below him.

Highways and Byways in Surrey Eric Parker 1912

Chilworth stands last on the bright little stream, hardly a village; not much more than a station, some powdermills, and reedy ponds.

Highways and Byways in Surrey Eric Parker 1912

But it was the Chilworth powdermills which broke the Evelyns 'business.

Highways and Byways in Surrey Eric Parker 1912

But the Chilworth powdermills goaded him to fury: --

Highways and Byways in Surrey Eric Parker 1912

Four villages and a group of powdermills stand on the banks of the

Highways and Byways in Surrey Eric Parker 1912

Immediately on coming to the throne Charles I gave leave to the East India Company to set up powdermills on the skirts of Windsor Park; but the mills frightened the deer and were moved to Chilworth.

Highways and Byways in Surrey Eric Parker 1912

The papermills which called down Cobbett's curses were probably originally powdermills, and were turned to their new uses first in the reign of Queen Anne.

Highways and Byways in Surrey Eric Parker 1912

There was a question of safeguarding the powdermills at Chilworth, and these were secured for the Parliamentary Army.

Highways and Byways in Surrey Eric Parker 1912

Wotton) and John, his son, were first licensed in 1589 to dig saltpetre in Great Britain and Ireland, and set up their first powdermills on the little Hogsmill River, which joins the Thames at Kingston.

Highways and Byways in Surrey Eric Parker 1912