Flatford Mill & the Stour
Early records describe a mill involved in fulling cloth and it was called Flotfordmelle. For nearly 100 years from 1742 to 1846 Flatford Mill was owned by the Constable family. It continued as a working mill untill 1900 when it became a private residence. In 1943 the mill was acquired by the National Trust and leased to the Field Study Council.