Editing Charing (section)

==Mills==
Charing has had four mills over the centuries, serving the needs of the villagers. There were two [[watermill]]s on the [[Stour watermills|Upper Great Stour]] and two [[windmill]]s.

;Watermills
*''Burnt Mill'', a corn mill working until the 1950s, now derelict.
*''Field Mill'', a corn mill, the building of which survives retaining its waterwheel.

;Windmills
*''[[Charing Windmill|Charing Mill]]'', also known as ''Field Mill'' on the Downs above the village is a [[smock mill]] which was built in the early nineteenth century and last worked in 1891. It stands today as a house conversion.<ref name=West>{{cite book | first = Jenny| last = West| year = 1973| title = The Windmills of Kent| pages = 28–30| publisher = Charles Skilton Ltd.| location = London| isbn = 0284-98534-1}}</ref><ref name=Finch>{{cite book | first = William| last = Coles Finch| authorlink=William Coles Finch| year = 1933| title = Watermills and Windmills| publisher = C W Daniel Company| location = London| page = 177}}</ref>
*''Charing Heath Mill'' was a smock mill<ref name=Finch/> that was demolished c.1878. Millers include William Missing in 1845 and Robert Millgate 1862 – 1878<ref name=Arch>{{cite web| url= http://www.millarchive.com/kent/millpeople/Kent%20Mill%20People.htm| publisher= The Mills Archive Trust| title= Directory of Kent Mill People| access-date= 14 April 2008| url-status= dead| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090416174906/http://www.millarchive.com/kent/millpeople/Kent%20Mill%20People.htm| archive-date= 16 April 2009| df= dmy-all}}</ref>