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Emanuel Bowen 1764

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Chapman & Andre Map – 1777

Chapman & Andre Map 1777 focused on Mile-end

The Chapman and André map of the district of 1777 shows, with reasonable accuracy the position and quantity of heath and woodland at that date. Oddly, Brinkley Grove and Friars Grove, both woods now within the Country Park are omitted. Perhaps they had been recently coppiced and appeared, if a close inspection was not made, to be no longer woodland. Chapman and André had a reputation for mapping from the roads.

The map shows two windmills on the southern edge of the heath. Mile End Mill East, situated south of Mill Road was a post mill, that is where the superstructure revolves around a central huge supporting post so that the sails are always appropriately positioned in relation to the wind. The mill, erected in the 1760’s by John Matchett was destroyed by fire in 1807 but rebuilt. In 1832 it contained two pairs of stones and flour mill. In 1881 the mill was sold for £910 and the milling record ceased shortly afterwards.

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