Caffyn's steam mill was built in about 1895 to replace Hazelwick Water Mill when it could no longer cope.
Hazelwick Mill probably dated from the mid eighteenth century. It was a part of Hazelwick Farm, which the
Crabbet Park Estate let to the Caffin brothers. Peter Caffin was the miller. The water-mill was in Hazelwick Mill
Lane adjacent to the railway bridge. A long narrow mill-pond was regulated by flood-gates just to the north of
the High Street (now Haslett Avenue).
Ifield Windmill stood on Ifield Green. The brick base was demolished when the new town Ifield neighbourhood was started.
When the mill ceased working the machinary was given to the Science Museum who passed it on to a German site. The building has been renovated and turned into a craft centre.
The mill was in use by 1660, but was rebuilt after a fire in 1683 and again about 1817. It ceased working about 1925. Crawley Borough Council gave permission for restoration and the previous owner, Mr. Gordon A. Wood, donated 10,000 with other donations being made from local companies. In 1974 work began to restore the Watermill and rebuild the waterwheel, and from 2001 the grinding of corn resumed for demonstration purposes.
The mill was moved to Charlwood Zoo where it was restored.
W. Simmins started his corn merchant business in the 1860s. He built a corn mill in the yard of the Railway Hotel. The mill was served by a siding from the adjacent railway, and was said to be six storeys high. The business was taken over by Charles Agate who ran it until the 1890s.