Braintree

Braintree is a town in Essex, England.

In 1199, Richard de Luci came into possession of Braintree and Saffron Walden. In 1215, he obtained a market at Braintree and shortly afterwards laid out burgage plots on the south side of the main road through the town. These plots created some fifty burgages which survived until the nineteenth century.

The mill is a Grade II* listed building, which was formerly the town’s corn mill. The current structure dates from 1771 and replaces an earlier one which was destroyed by fire in that year

Over the last century the mill has been used for many purposes including bridal wear, making overalls, rope manufacture and animal feeds.