furnace was working in 1603. The dam has been recorded as long and high. Eridge Forge TQ 560 350 This forge was below Eridge Furnace. It was recorded in 1574 as being owned by Lord Abergavenny, and may have been in existence in 1636. In 1717 the output of the forge was 30 tons of iron. It was recorded on Bugden's map of 1724. The dam has been recorded as long and high. Hamsell Stream A stream enters the Waterdown Forest Stream on the left bank below the Eridge stream. It powered a watermill. Hamsell Forge This was an iron furnace, located close to Eridge station. The pond still holds water. The forge was mentioned in a will of 1619 and with reference to a sale in 1709 or 1719. Motts Mill Stream A stream rises near Withyham. It powered a watermill. Motts (Shurlocks, Moat) Mill, Withyham. TQ 523 353 Motts Mill was recorded on a map of 1597 as Shurlock's Water Mill and as Motts Mill on a map of 1598. It was recorded on a 1797 1" to map of Sussex by William Gardner and Thomas Gream as at Moat Mill Common. The area is recorded as Motts Mill in the 1838 census. Groombridge Stream A stream rises south of Tunbridge Wells and flows in a westerly direction, entering the Medway from the right bank downstream of the Waterdown Forest Brook. It powered two watermills. Hungershall Forge TQ 557 382 This forge was recorded as "Hughes Hale", it was owned by Lord Abergavenny in 1568, when it was leased for six years to James Ellis of Penshurst. The dam has been recorded at long and up to high. Groombridge Mill TQ 531 376 Groombridge Mill was working until c.1934, fed by the lake of Groombridge Place. The waterwheel was overshot, carried on a wooden axle square. This carries a cast iron pit wheel with 72 cogs, which drove the cast iron wallower with 30 teeth, carried on a wooden upright shaft. The great spur wheel is all wood, and has 84 cogs, driving three pairs of millstones. A wooden clasp arm crown wheel with 70 cogs drove two layshafts. The millstones were one pair of diameter French Burrs, one pair of Peaks and one pair of diameter Peaks., Kent Water A stream rises above Cowden, and enters the Medway on its left bank below Ashurst Mill, it powered