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PARNDON MILL LOCK

Lock State Date Length Length - Working Distance Width Fall
Parndon Lock Built turfsided 1766/9 90' 0'' 87' 6'' 13' 6'' 7' 0''
Parndon Lock Rebuilt in brick/concrete 1913 90' 0'' 87' 6'' 13' 6'' 7' 0''

1884 Report: ''Upper end of Lock renewed 1877.  Gates , slackers, Walls, &c., in good condition, good depth of water over sill; sides open, in bad condition. Lower gates old and require renewal. Will require an outlay within 5 or 6 years of £450.''

1901 Report: ''Upper end of Lock renewed 1877.  Gates , slackers, Walls, &c., in fair condition, sides open, in bad condition. Lower gates new. Cost about £500. Lower sills should be lowered about a foot''

                                            The image below is from the 1901 Report

Of the eight mills on the Stort that gave their names to the adjacent locks, only two survive. The first was at Twyford; Parndon is the second.  The Mill site is recorded in Domesday. 

Following a "Disastrous Fire" in 1897 (as the newspaper reported), the Mill was    rebuilt and re-let in 1900. It now houses a number of studios. The Miller's house dates back to 1717 or before and the Georgian front was put on at the same time as the top floor.

The lock chamber is just out of sight to the right in this picture taken on 28th June 1904.   The left hand building is the miller’s house.  The white mill can be seen through the trees. 

 

"Flowing Onwards" a sculpture by Angela Godfrey in 2007, was inspired by the engineer, Thomas Yeoman, speaking in October 1769, at the opening of the River Stort navigation in Bishops Stortford,

 

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