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Cocking Foundry
50.9596° N, -0.7434° E
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Cocking Foundry (also known as Chorley Iron Foundry) is an abandoned iron foundry in the South Downs of England. It was situated to the north of the village of Cocking, West Sussex and was active for most of the 19th century. The foundry's output included wheels for watermills, some of which remain in use.
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Earliest documentary reference
1818
Lease permitting foundry buildings
December 1838
Apprenticeship of Charles 'Carlino' Brown
1839
Tithe map shows mill building
1840
Coultershaw Beam Pump installed
1872
Ordnance Survey marks Foundry Pond
1875
Iron Works closure
1884
Foundry name persistence
1953
Wheel presented to museum
1973
Wheel re-erected at museum
1977
Site visit by Sussex Mills Group
October 1988
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