The map extract above (right) is from an 1862 map which is available in the Historical Maps section. Click here.

Except for a short time in the middle of the 18th century when it was used by the glass cutter Thomas Betts for the manufacture of chandeliers and decanters, it was mainly used for grinding corn.

This photograph was taken during the tenure of the millers J. and H. Robinson, who rebuilt the mill in the early 1850s. The mill was demolished in 1935 after some years as a warehouse. The site is now under the Sundermead Estate.

Further extensive redevelopment is threatened for this area.

Lewisham Bridge Mill in Mill Road was one of eleven mills on the Ravensbourne.