Domesday site and one of the five mills owned by the Townsmen of Leeds. Leeds Priory was surrendered in 1539 and in 1540 the King leased the site of Leeds Priory and all houses, mills etc. to Sir Anthony St Leger for 21 years. The St Leger family continued the lease until 1573 when it passed firstly to the Norden family and then to William Covert and later his son, William. In 1609, the estate was sold to Sir William Meredith, in whose family it remained until the eighteenth century. In 1789, and indenture between John Calcroft and Thomas William mentioned that the mill was formerly in the possession of Thomas Crisp. George Blinkhorn was the miller from 1843–1874 and Alfred Blinkhorn was the miller from 1895 - 1922. The mill was marked on the first 6" OS map of Kent in 1865. It had a cast iron overshot waterwheel diameter and wide by Weeks of Maidstone. The cast iron Pit Wheel was diameter with wooden cogs. The waterwheel drove three pairs of millstones via two lineshafts, each driven by a diameter cast iron gear. One shaft drove a single pair of diameter French Burr millstones by a diameter cast iron face gear with wooden cogs and the other shaft drove two pairs of French Burr millstones by diameter cast iron face gears with wooden cogs. One pair of stones was diameter and the second pair diameter. Both lineshafts were of oak, square. The mill was derelict but intact in 1936 but partly demolished later, with only the ground floor remaining. Some machinery still remains in the mill. Priory (North) Mill, Leeds The mill was first recorded as belonging to James I in 1608, known then as North Mill. The site of this mill was recorded on a map of 1821. In 1834, only a few fragments of the mill walls remained. The head would have been around , suggesting a breastshot waterwheel. Bearsted Stream (Len tributary) A stream rises above Bearsted. It powered two mills. Aldington Mill, Thurnham Aldington mill was a Domesday mill. In 1269 it was held by William de Cobeham. Lower Milgate Mill, Bearsted. This mill stood was part of a small estate known as The Comb. It was in existence during the first half of the eighteenth century, appearing on a map of 1707 which was partly resurveyed in 1746. Cossington Stream. A stream rises