The Evelyn family set up a gunpowder works in the area after being awarded the royal monopoly and the industry dominated this area for more than 300 years. The Tillingbourne operated the water mills and the valley was full of alder trees, which were ideal for making the charcoal required as a raw material for gunpowder.

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July 5, 2021

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Lovely ruins from an old gunpowder mills, running through a picturesque wooded area

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1. St Martha's Hill & The Chantries loop from Newlands Corner — Surrey Hills

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2. St Martha's Hill, Chilworth Gunpowder Works & the River Wey loop from Shalford

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3. Chilworth Gunpowder Works to Blackheath Woodland loop — Surrey Hills

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Location: St Martha, Guildford, Surrey, South East England, England, United Kingdom

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Ruins of the Chilworth Gunpowder Mills

1. St Martha's Hill & The Chantries loop from Newlands Corner — Surrey Hills

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3. Chilworth Gunpowder Works to Blackheath Woodland loop — Surrey Hills

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