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Three Mills Distillery

Other OS name in the Parish of West Ham

Historical Forms

  • Syenge Mill 1527 EASxiii
  • Sayens Mill 1552 Monoux

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is probably so called from three mills belonging to Stratford Abbey — Monkyn Mylles , Seynt Thomas Mille ( so called because it once belonged to the Hospital of St Thomas of Acon(M i, 20) ) and Syenge Mill 1527 EAS xiii, Sayens Mill 1552Monoux .