Pillhill Brook
Pilhill Brook is a river six miles long and which is a tributary of the River Anton in Hampshire.[1] It is a chalk stream, known for its trout fishing.
- Location map: 51°11’45"N, 1°29’31"W
The brook is believed to have been called the Ann, or Anna in past ages.[2] The name aqua de Anne is found in the Close Rolls in 1228.[3] This name is found stil in the names of villages and features about the river's course.
Course
The brook rises near Fyfield and passes Thruxton before flowing through Anna Valley past the villages of Abbotts Ann, Little Ann and Amport, joining the River Anton near Upper Clatford,[2] which river flows in turn into the River Test.[1]
Industry
in 1813, the brothers, Robert and William Tasker, set up the Waterloo Ironworks in the Anna Valley at Upper Clatford, using a waterwheel driven by the brook to power the forge. They specialised in making agricultural equipment, progressing to the manufacture of steam traction engines from 1865. There were four conventional watermills on the brook, Upper Mill at Monxton,[4] Upper Mill at Abbots Ann,[5] Abbots Ann Mill[6]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Pillhill Brook". Environment Agency. http://environment.data.gov.uk/catchment-planning/WaterBody/GB107042022790. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Eilert Ekwall (1928). English River Names. OUP. pp. 15.
- ↑ Close Roll, 1228 - reproduced as Close Rolls. Public Record Office. 1902–1938.
- ↑ Upper Mills, Monxton: Mills Archive
- ↑ Upper Mill, Abbots Ann: Mills Archive
- ↑ Sarson's Mill, Amport: Mills Archive