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Once Existed

Tide Mills: unearthing the ‘Hamlet of Horror’ at the British Pompeii.

2018-09-02
By: ODOmatt
On: September 2, 2018
In: East Sussex, Once Existed
With: 1 Comment

Part of the ‘Once Existed’ Project – Visited by the ODOstefan, Eloise, Darla, Theo, Rachel and Matt on the 11th August 2018. This is the one we’ve been waiting for, the Holy Grail of lost villages and once existed settlements – Tide Mills truly is the Pompeii of the East Sussex coast. ‘Tide Mills’ refers to the tidal powered mill and village that sprang up east of Newhaven in the 18th century: one of only ten ‘surviving’ tidemills in the UK. A goldmine of abandoned buildings, the story of Tide Mills is one of mutiny, war, nightmare bosses, high-quality milling and seaplanes.Read More →

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