at: Hammer Mill, Biddenden This was the most easterly iron furnace in the Weald. In the time of Queen Elizabeth I it was in the ownership of Sir Richard Butler. The mill was replaced by a corn mill in the mid seventeenth century. The Hammer Pond formerly extended to . Hammer Mill (corn), Biddenden This corn mill stands some south-west of the site of the furnace. The brick mill building is three storeys high, with a slate roof. The overshot waterwheel was diameter and wide, mounted on an 8¼" (207mm) square cast iron axle. It drove a cast iron pit wheel with 88 wooden cogs. This drove a cast iron wallower with 28 teeth mounter on a wooden upright shaft. The cast iron Great Spur Wheel has 128 cogs and drove four pairs of millstone at one time. The three surviving pairs of stones are two pairs of French Burrs and one pair of Peak stones. The Compass-arm Crown Wheel is of all wood construction, and has 48 cogs. It drove a layshaft and the sack hoist. The mill last worked for trade in 1928, a Mr Hall being the last miller. Bettenham Mill The site of this mill was marked by Mill Field and Millpond Field on the 1840 tithe map. Tributary of the Hammer Stream A stream rises at Sissinghurst and flows into the Hammer Stream downstream of Hammer Mill, Biddenden. it runs for passing through Sissinghurst and Frittenden and then joins the River Beult at Headcorn. It powered a watermill: New Mill, Sissinghurst This mill was mentioned in rate books of 1687 and 1689. Crane Brook (Hammer Stream tributary) The Crane Brook rises at Hartley, it powered a number of mills before joining the Hammer Stream at Biddenden. Upper Mill, Cranbrook This mill stood in the area now known as "The Bottoms". The Upper Pond is mentioned in 1503, and in 1545 Thomas Roberts granted a lease to Thomas Burgess of Cranbrooke of the "uppermost mmyll ponde"—information given in the lease suggests that the Upper Mill was a fulling mill then. Anthony's Mill, Cranbrook This mill was mentioned in 1416 and again in 1447, its location being in Mellane (Mill Lane). In 1464 a rental entry mentions "Anthony's Mill Pond. fulling mill, Cranbrook This was located near the present day Moat Farm. The mill pond would have been some in area. It was most likely a fulling