"Dear K, Do you remember when we were here last. G and her brother and I are having a ride as it is so fine. Love Alice." 

Posted: 22nd April 1905

History:

Archer Moss, son of Henry (the miller at Bentley Mill, South Weald), took up residence in Chadwell Heath. A third mill known as 'Miss Bentley' arrived from Bentley Heath around 1820, to form a triangle with the other two close to the eastern entrance of St. Chad's Park. All three were owned by Archer Moss by 1839. He employed nine men. One mill had a very tall roundhouse at its base, possibly with three floors. Named 'Long Sally', it is uncertain how the sails were set being so high off the ground. It stood near 'Little Jenny'. Moss, a Dagenham churchwarden, resided at Heath House on the High Road which backed on to Post Office Lane (later Back Lane).

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