Thomas Godstone may have built a mill north of Lexden Bridge in 1403. It was in existence by 1431. From the late 15th century to 1719 the two mills (Lexden Mill and this one) were farmed together, and was described as the great or undershot corn mill. From 1719 the mills seem to have been farmed separately. The great or undershot mill remained a corn mill until c.1830 when it became an oil mill which was occupied by the Chaplin family until it burnt down in 1878.<1><2>