Weston Mill

The name Weston is a very common one in this country, suggesting the west tun, that is the tun - enclosure or homestead - to the west of another tun, or perhaps in this case "ham" which has a similar meaning and here has long been known simply as Ham.

In a deed dated 1135 there is mention of Geoffrey of Weston and the land of Ham, "on the west side of the road from the mill". The mill has long since gone but it was still being worked in the late 1890s and although it is hard now to imagine there was a time when quite large sailing vessels were able to sail right up to the Weston Mill itself.

It was located just by the bridge at the bottom of Ham Woods at the head of a great creek, now largely infilled. Today we call it Camel's Head Creek although it is properly referred to as Weston Mill Lake.