Battlesbridge

This morning I took a ride out to Battlesbridge which is a village on the banks of the tidal R. Crouch in Essex.  Formerly a centre of  a flour milling operation, with a tidal mill and a steam driven mill and a large granary operating close to the bridge.  The area is now a  centre for antiques and curios and is busy and thriving in its new guise.

 The former tidal mill

 

 The tidal flood gates

 

 The imposing Victorian Granary  now housing a myriad of antique outlets

 

 The R Crouch, once a bustling centre of boating delivering grain for milling and transporting away the finished flour to market

 

 There be Mother on the prowl

 

 And my prize, a small copper kettle for Yarwood's back cabin

 

I managed to buy this kettle and a selection of horse brasses and I am currently trying to get Mother to clean them but so far no joy at all...who'd 'ave 'em?