Slipper Mill Pond is South of Hermitage Bridge on the A259 and forms the border between West Sussex and Hampshire. Its water source is the South Downs via a relatively recent diversions of the river Ems, a rare type of chalk upland stream or ‘Bourne’ where this area gets its name from. The first record …
Category archives: Lumley
Lumley & Brook Meadow
Part of Southbourne Parish and tucked away to the north of Peter Pond is the West Sussex village of Lumley, with Brook Meadow to the west. The area was part of the Stansted Estate at that time, which is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as being included in the Hundred of Bourne. The estate was huge and …
Lumley Mill
There have been mills in this area for over a thousand years, with four mentioned in the Domesday Book. The most important and largest was Lumley Mill. In 1327 there were three mills in the area, deemed ‘low value’ because there was often insufficient water to power the water wheels they relied on for their power …
Peter Pond
Peter Pond is just west of Emsworth at Hermitage and was originally a working mill pond, supplying water to drive the old flour mill. Peter Pond is a ‘saline lagoon’ that is just under 3 acres in size. It is tidal, being connected to Chichester Harbour, and it naturally mixes fresh water with saltwater. The …