Abbey Mills, Chertsey, Surrey

The watermill, a collection of weatherboarded buildings with tiled and thatched roofs, standing around the mill stream in the foreground. The water mill was in the possession of Chertsey Abbey at the Dissolution. The Benedictine monastery was founded in 964 when monks were transferred here from Abingdon. The Abbey was Dissolved in 1537. After 1537 the buildings were demolished for building materials.

Location

Surrey Chertsey

Period

Victorian (1837 - 1901)

Tags

water mill work people building monastery dissolution architecture victorian (1837 - 1901)