Coultershaw Beam Pump Petworth 2011
A short video taken on Sunday 17th July 2011 showing Coultershaw Beam Pump in Petworth, West Sussex. This waterwheel-driven three-throw beam pump, now open to the public, was installed in 1782 to pump water from the River Rother up to Petworth 1½ miles away and 150ft higher. It has been restored by the Sussex Industrial Archaeology Society with the aid of grants from the Department of the Environment and West Sussex County Council. The machinery has been put in working order and a 100 year old barn from Goodwood erected over it to act as a reception and display centre. For more information on this fascinating place, please visit the following:
Bridges.8. Petworth - Sussex.
The Coultershaw bridge was built around 1791-1794 and the River Rother flows underneath it. There is also a Water Wheel, 18th Century Water Pump and a 21st Century Water Turbine.
A Bridge Just Right
Coultershaw Beam pump
26th September 2014
Vlog Montage #2 - Petworth
Amazing shoot with Tristan over at Photography Productions, though couldn't get any of his photos for the video!
---
Music used:
Fabian Mazur & Luude - Right Now
Spaces - Undone (feat. Sarah De Warren)
it's different & Helen - Tell Me
---
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Merch:
- Website:
- Instagram:
- Twitter:
Want to pick a song? Comment it, message me on Twitter or Instagram.
-------------------------------------------------
I DO NOT OWN THE SONGS, THE SONGS ARE MEANT FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY.
Cowdray Park Fly Fishery West Sussex Midhurst 20-23-06-2015
Another Fly Fishing trip on Rother River in West Sussex UK
Pillbox vid 84 Type 22 thin walled on the West bank of the River Rother, Rye
Location: On the bank of the River Rother close to an area known as Middlesalts, between a railway bridge and a road (A259) bridge Rye East Sussex.
Condition: Fair
Description: Type 22 Pillbox, concrete-faced, with an external blast wall protecting the entrance. in the Google Earth Defence of Britain Archive it says its a Type 24 but it it a Type 22 . some text from Google Earth.
Flooded River Rother - Midhurst 2014
Flood Warning - The level of the Rother River at Midhurst remains hig - 21.2.2014.
The River Rother flows from Empshott in Hampshire, England, to Stopham in West Sussex, where it joins the River Arun. The upper river, from its source to Midhurst, has been used to power watermills, with the earliest recorded use being in 1086, when the Domesday survey was conducted. Although none are still operational, many of the buildings which housed the mills still exist, and in some cases, still retain their milling machinery. This upper section is also noted for a number of early bridges, which have survived since their construction in the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The lower river, from Midhurst to its junction with the River Arun, has been used for navigation. Boats used the section from the Arun to Fittleworth following improvements made to the Arun in 1615, and after the Arun Navigation was completed in 1790, the Earl of Egremont made the river navigable up to Midhurst by constructing eight locks and some small cuts. The work was completed in 1794, and many of the bridges built at that time still survive. With the opening of the Mid-Sussex Railway branch to Midhurst in 1859, traffic declined, and commercial use of the river had ceased by the 1880s. Pleasure boats continued to be used on the river for many years, and published accounts of journeys along the decaying navigation appeared in 1914 and 1920. The navigation was officially abandoned in 1936, after an undergraduate pointed out that it was still a public right of way. Following improvements to the River Arun in 1615, which allowed boats to reach Pallingham, they could also navigate part of the Rother, as far upstream as Fittleworth. The canal engineer William Jessop was asked to survey the river below Petworth Mills in 1783, and was recalled in 1790, when he surveyed it below Midhurst. In the same year, the construction of the Arun Navigation was finished, and in 1791, George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont, who was based at Petworth House, obtained an Act of Parliament which would enable him to improve the Rother. The Act also authorised a branch canal to Petworth. Since he owned most of the land adjacent to the river, the precise route of the navigation was not specified, and he was free to improve the channel or make cuts as he saw fit. The only restriction was that cuts could not be made through gardens or enclosed grounds. Compared to most other canals at the time, the charges for using the navigation were low, as the Earl wanted to develop the region rather than make a profit. See more:
Walk down the Causeway 400 yards to the River Rother, turn left after you have passed through the metal gates and walk on the grass path adjoining the road for 100 yards, turn left, walk down a gentle slope to the river bank - all sand, and surrounded by bushes and small trees. Can accommodate up to 15 individuals without getting cramped. Water depth estimated to be a maximum of 5 feet. A very gentle current. Beach faces West and gets a lot of sunshine - for which Midhurst is justly famous. :
Midhurst is situated in the Wealden Greensand, which lies between the South Downs and the Low Weald. The town is located in the Rother Valley: the River Rother flows east-south-east to join the River Arun near Pulborough, from which point the river flows southwards to reach the sea at Littlehampton. The name Midhurst is likely to relate to the area and to predate any nucleated settlement. The Old English form means the place in the middle of the hyrst (i.e. wooded hill) or the place among hyrsts. Evidently pre-Conquest in origin, the name is first recorded in 1185. There were two mills at Midhurst by 1284, to the south and north of the town. Although it has been suggested that both were much earlier in date, Savaric de Bohun's charter of 1219-20 specifically refers to the fact that there was only one mill at Midhurst, which was then granted to the chaplains of Easebourne, Clearly, this was the same mill from which an annual rent of one mark was granted to Waverley Abbey by Enjuger de Bohun and then by Savaric, respectively in 1200-18 and 1210-18.4. See more: file:///C:/Users/Linda/Downloads/Midhurst_EUS_report_and_maps.pdf
Nora & Brian (Down at the Mill)
Join us on a meander through a lovely wooded area not far from our Allotment. Its locally known as Snuff Mills. It houses an old Mill as the name suggests dating back to the 1800's. It started life as a Grist Mill, then later became a Stone Cutting Mill.It is now the only Mill of its kind left in the vicinity. In the 1980's it was restored firstly by Bristol Industrial Archaeological Society, then by The Fishpond's Local History Society. Despite the name, Tobacco Snuff was never ground in this Mill. The Snuff Mill or more properly Whitwood Mill, is not mentioned in Domesday, but documentary evidence indicates the presence of a Mill, on this sight, since 1297. Hope you enjoy, as much as we did.
Film about the river Roth, 1946 - Film 1948
Sussex.
River Rother - let's follow its route. Rural fields, farm animals, Etchingham Church - interiors as well. Stained glass windows. Small Sussex village - Very quaint and picturesque. Bodiam Castle - several different shots of this. Fine fortress, now a ruin. A stone bridge at Rye, lovely shots of the quaint streets of Rye, the old houses and inns of the steep streets. Half timbered buildings. Lots of nice views.
Brighton beach - very crowded, sunbathers on the pebbles. Building sandcastles, tourists in rowing boats. The bathing pond. Palace of Fun. rifle gallery. Seaside games, ice-cream, deck chairs, band stand straw chairs. Excursion coaches to Hastings and the South Downs etc.
South Downs countryside Chanenbury Ring - Iron Age Hill fort. Rolling countryside. Wheat fields. Goodwood Races 1946. fashionable race-goers. Crowded race course. A native American Indian fortune teller. More rural life. Country churches, thatched cottages.
River Arun flood tide, South Stoke, West Sussex, England
18th August 2012. A spring tide a day after New Moon. Sorry about the chainsaw noise in the background.