River Lod, West Sussex

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The River Lod is a short but lively river draining about 65 square miles of north west Sussex. the source is on Marley Heights near Haslemere, about 140 metres above sea level. From here it flows west past Linchmere, then south to Furnace Pond, where iron cannon were cast during the English Civil War.It the turns south east, flowing south of Fernhurst to Lickfold (ha ha! it's funny because it's rude) and Lurgashall where it formerly powered Lurgashall Mill, now moved to the Weald and Downland Museum. From Mill Farm it heads south between high banks, which it only overflows after the heaviest of rainfalls. Passing between the hills of Lodsworth and River to Halfway Bridge on the A272, the Lod then joins the River Rother at Lods Bridge.

[edit] Lords Wood Barns

Formerly named Lodge Farm the old barns on the east bank of the river by Lords Wood were converted into offices for Sofa Workshop Company in 1996, saving the older barn from imminent collapse. The east pier of the bridge had sunk several centimetres before the bridge was underpinned and repaired at that time to carry the newly built road through the wood from the Lodsworth to Lickfold road.

[edit] See also

John Richman,The Land of Lod.