This mill site was established on behalf of Chertsey Abbey and the name of the mill originates from 1572 when Richard Emmett was in control.  The existing mill building was erected in 1701 and is of three storeys, built of brick, under a tiled roof.  The attached mill house is of earlier date.  The mill is marked on John Senex's map of 1729.  Edward Jenkins was the miller in 1783 and in 1819 the mill was part of the Ottershaw estate and was advertised for sale.  The sale particulars described it as having two pairs of stones and an attractive mill house which were in the occupation of John Lipscombe.   The Water Resources Survey of 1851 states James Mumford as the miller.  In 1874 Robert White took over the mill, and he was followed by Robert Taylor in 1887.  Milling must have ceased soon afterwards as there are no references after 1900.  The frame of the undershot waterwheel, 10 ft in diameter and 8 ft 6 in wide , and mounted on a 9 in diameter circular wooden shaft, has survived.  The machinery was removed from the mill when is was finally converted into residential accommodation.¹.

‘Farther down stream, some way to the East of Chobham, is, or rather was, Emmetts Mill. This must have been a considerable mill in its time, and from its isolated position something of a land mark. It now forms one wing of the large house bearing the name, and against which there is a timber skeleton of a fair sized wheel. I have particular reason for regret that I never saw the "works" of this mill before they were removed. My informant at Chobham mill who had that opportunity, told me it was all the old original wooden stuff, and of so ancient an appearance that he considers it was worthy of preservation in its entirety. The mill ceased working many years ago ².

References:-

1    D Stidder, The Watermills of Surrey, 1990. p 116-117

2    J. Hiller, Old Surrey Water Mills, 1951, p 155-6

3    J Mason, Ceabba's Ham

4    British Archaeology, August 2002, p6