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Tyle Mill is a mill on the
River Kennet The Kennet is a tributary of the River Thames in Southern England. Most of the river is straddled by the North Wessex Downs AONB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty). The lower reaches have been made navigable as the Kennet Navigation, which � ...
near Sulhamstead,
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, England. The mill originally produced flour; a fire in 1914 burned down the buildings and the rebuilt mill became a sawmill. In 1936 it was acquired by
George Clemens Usher George may refer to: People * George (given name) * George (surname) * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Washington, First President of the United States * George W. Bush, 43rd President ...
, director of Abedare Cables of South Africa Limited, and became a private house which was owned by him for decades."Aberdare Cables Of South Africa Limited." ''The Times'' (London, England) 28 November 1946: p.9., Retrieved 11 October 2014.
Tyle Mill Lock Tyle Mill Lock () is a lock situated near Tyle Mill and the village of Sulhamstead on the Kennet and Avon Canal, England. Tyle Mill Lock was built between 1718 and 1723 under the supervision of the engineer John Hore of Newbury, and this stret ...
on the
Kennet Navigation The Kennet is a tributary of the River Thames in Southern England. Most of the river is straddled by the North Wessex Downs AONB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty). The lower reaches have been made navigable as the Kennet Navigation, which � ...
is near the mill.


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Flour mills in the United Kingdom Sulhamstead Houses in Berkshire {{Berkshire-struct-stub