Middle Mill Weir - River Colne, Colchester, UK
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Master Mariner
N 51° 53.616 E 000° 54.066
31U E 355575 N 5751286
Middle Mill Weir is on the River Colne in Colchester. The weir is located alongside a waterwheel that was used by Middle Mill. A plaque advises that a time capsule is buried beneath it.
Waymark Code: WMPT92
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/17/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member silverquill
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There is a plaque adjacent to the weir and waterwheel that carries the following text:

Middle Mill Weir
A mill has stood on this site since the time of the Norman Conquest

"My grandfather Exekial, my father Wasey Chopping and Uncle
Percy ground the whitest flour in Essex here for over one hundred
years"

Richard Chopping, son
of Wasey Chopping, Miller
and Mayor of Colchester, 1922

Beneath this sign lies a time capsule buried when the Mill Weir was restored
by Colchester Borough Council and the Environment Agency in 2000AD.

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