Image: Chesapeake Mill, Bridge Street, Wickham - geograph.org.uk - 458080

Description: Chesapeake Mill, Bridge Street, Wickham A former corn mill built in 1820 and in use until the 1970s - a stone plaque is inscribed 'ERECTED AD 1820 J PRIOR'. Inside the five main spine beams to each floor, the floor joists, the roof timbers and most of the window lintels are of American longleaf pine, known to have originated in the American warship Chesapeake, captured by HMS Shannon 1st June 1813. The Chesapeake was one of four American frigates of 44 guns built at Gosport naval yard in Virginia and launched on February 28th 1799. After being captured, she served with the Royal Navy from 1814 to 1819, when the ship was taken to Portsmouth and dismantled. The capture of The Chesapeake was a famous naval action for the Royal Navy and was famous in the United States for the dying words of Captain James Lawrence "Don't give up the ship". The mill-owner's house on the left is a little earlier than the mill.
Title: Chesapeake Mill, Bridge Street, Wickham - geograph.org.uk - 458080
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Author: Humphrey Bolton
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