My thanks to Paul Wingfield for this video.
Keith.
Secluded
in the surrey Hillside, near St Martha's church is the old gunpowder works.
Chilworth Gunpowder works was established in 1625 by the East India Company and
finally closed in 1920. It was worked by a number of private companies and
became an important supplier of gunpowder to the Government. A significant
number of buildings from the gunpowder factory can still be found. The
buildings and area are now looked after by Guildford Borough Council and
English Heritage.
Keith's Chilworth Gunpowder container.
Photo By Andrew Norris.
Photo By Andrew Norris.
Photo By Andrew Norris.
“I do not remember to have seen
such Variety of Mills and Works upon so narrow a Brook, and in so little a
Compass; there being Mills for Corn, Cloth, Brass, Iron, Powder etc.” John Evelyn 1676.
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