Pipp Brook

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Pipp Brook Mill Pond, Dorking

The Pipp Brook is a tributary of the River Mole. It rises at Mag's Well on the northern slopes of Leith Hill and runs to the north of Dorking town centre before joining the Mole at Pixham.

During the nineteenth century the sulphate-rich waters of the Mag's Well spring were believed to have healing properties.[1]

Watermills

During the 19th century there were six corn mills on the river (Rookery Mill, Westcott Mill, Milton Court Mill, Parsonage Mill, Pipp Brook Mill and Pixham Mill).[2]

References

  1. Thorne, William (1829). The garden of Surrey: or A sketch of Dorking, and of the beautiful country surrounding it. Dorking: Edward Langley. p. 75. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=dq8HAAAAQAAJ&dq=mag's%20well&pg=PA75#v=onepage&q=mag's%20well&f=false. Retrieved 11 November 2011. 
  2. A topographical history of Surrey, Brayley EW