# Cornmill Stream

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River in Essex, England

 Harold's bridge spanning the Cornmill Stream

The **Cornmill Stream** is a minor tributary of the [River Lea](/source/River_Lea) in the English county of [Essex](/source/Essex).

 The stream above Waltham Abbey church

## History

The stream is an artificial watercourse which may have been built by 1086 to serve the mills mentioned in the [Domesday Book](/source/Domesday_Book) at [Waltham Abbey](/source/Waltham_Abbey_(abbey)).[1][2]

## Course

The stream at Waltham Abbey town hall

After leaving the [River Lee Flood Relief Channel](/source/River_Lee_Flood_Relief_Channel) (Horsemill Stream) at [Fishers Green](/source/Fishers_Green) the stream flows south to form the western boundary with the former [Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills](/source/Waltham_Abbey_Royal_Gunpowder_Mills) before flowing through the [Waltham Abbey SSSI](/source/Waltham_Abbey_SSSI) within the Gunpowder Mills property. Above [Waltham Abbey](/source/Waltham_Abbey_(town)) the stream diverges from the [Old River Lea](/source/River_Lea)[3] with both channels bordering the [Cornmill Stream and Old River Lea](/source/Cornmill_Stream_and_Old_River_Lea), [SSSI](/source/SSSI). The stream passes under the 14th-century **Harold's Bridge** and the [B194 road](/source/B_roads_in_Zone_1_of_the_Great_Britain_numbering_scheme) (Abbey View) before flowing through a sluice in the abbey's grounds. The stream flows underground to emerge adjacent to Waltham Abbey town hall. After flowing through an urban area, it rejoins the River Lee Flood Relief Channel beyond the town of Waltham Abbey. [51°41′23″N 0°00′07″W / 51.689663°N 0.001856°W / 51.689663; -0.001856](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Cornmill_Stream&params=51.689663_N_0.001856_W_)

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## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Waltham Abbey historic town assessment](http://www.essexcc.gov.uk/vip8/ecc/ECCWebsite/content/binaries/documents/Planning396/waltham_abbey_1999_historic_towns_assessment_report.pdf?channelOid=null) Retrieved 12 September 2008

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [British history](http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42719) Retrieved 12 September 2008

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Hertfordshire County council](http://enquire.hertscc.gov.uk/landscsh/Areas/area59.htm) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20081015171642/http://enquire.hertscc.gov.uk/landscsh/Areas/area59.htm) 15 October 2008 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) Retrieved 12 September 2008

v t e River Lea / Lee, England Counties Bedfordshire Essex Hertfordshire Greater London Mouth River Thames Settlements Leagrave Luton Harpenden Wheathampstead Welwyn Garden City Hertford Ware Stanstead Abbotts Hoddesdon Broxbourne Cheshunt Waltham Abbey Ponders End Edmonton Tottenham Upper Clapton Hackney Wick Stratford Bromley-by-Bow Canning Town Leamouth Major tributaries River Ash River Beane River Ching River Mimram River Moselle River Rib River Stort Minor tributaries Bayford Brook Broxbourne Mill Stream Cobbins Brook Coppermill Stream Cornmill Stream Cuffley Brook Dagenham Brook Hackney Brook Houghton Brook Lewsey Brook Millhead Stream Pymmes Brook River Quin Rags Brook River Lynch Salmons Brook Small River Lea Spital Brook Theobalds Brook Turkey Brook Turnford Brook Woollens Brook Wormleybury Brook

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