been disused in 1653 and 1664, but was at work in 1717, producing 46 tons of iron in that year. It was marked on Budgen's map of 1724 and in 1726 the tenant was John Legas. The dam has been recorded as long. Chingley Furnace, Goudhurst The site of this ancient blast furnace is now covered by the dam of Bewl Water. It was in the Culpeper family in the sixteenth century, Thomas Collepepper holding lands in Chingley in fief from Henry VIII in 1544. The land had formerly been in the ownership of the Abbey of Boxley, which had been dissolved. The furnace was built between 1558 and 1565. In 1574 it was in the possession of Thomas Darell and the tenant was Thomas Dyke. It was sold by Edward Culpeper in 1595. In 1597 Thomas Dyke of Pembury leased Chingley Furnace to Richard Ballard of Wadhurst, and his sons Thomas and Richard. The forge was powered by an undershot waterwheel. The sites were excavated in 1968–9 by the Wealden Iron Research Group. There is evidence that Chingley Forge was a hammer mill at some time, possibly as early as the first half of the thirteenth century. The dam was recorded as long and high. River Beult The River Beult enters the Medway from the right at Yalding downstream of the Teise. The River Beult and its tributaries powered a number of watermills. From source to mouth these were: Cheveney Mill, Hunton This was a corn mill, latterly converted to generate electricity c. 1900. The waterwheel was replaced by a turbine made by Messrs Drake & Fletcher of Maidstone. During the Second World War, Italian Prisoners of War were billeted in the mill building. The building survives today, converted into a house. Yalding mill A Domesday site, the mill was still in existence in 1336. Angley Brook (Beult tributary) A stream rises at Angley Woods, Cranbrook and flows into the Beult at Frittenden. It powered these mills: Pin Pond Mill, Cranbrook This may have been a fulling mill. Spratsbourne Mill, Cranbrook The miller here was Edmund Luckhurst in 1656 and 1660. Dog Kennel Mill, Cranbrook An old fulling mill site. Friezley Mill, Cranbrook approx An old fulling mill site. Angley Mill, Cranbrook Hockeredge Mill, Cranbrook This mill was sold to Alexander Courthope in 1523, and his son sold it to Robert Hovenden in 1551. It remained in the Hovenden