Monument record 0402100000 - SHIFT MILL

Summary

Eighteenth to nineteenth century records of watermill, a trackway to the south was mapped from aerial photographs and remote sensing data

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WATERMILL (18th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

1788 WATERMILL APPROX NGR(BI1). 1814 &1825 'SHIFT MILL' APPROX NGR (BI2). POSS THAT WHEN THE UPPER MILL WAS ABANDONED MILL MOVED TO SITE LOWER DOWN AT BACK OF PRESENT RECREATION GROUND HENCE NAME 'SHIFT' BUT EVEN THIS MILL LONG GONE(BI3). MADE UP BANK, FAR END OF ASHBROOK REC. IS THE OLD MILL TRACK(BI4).
Plan of Wendover Canal c.1800 shows 'Lucas Mill' at roughly this point (B5).
Historical notes (B5)

A former trackway of post medieval date is visible on historic aerial photographs and remote sensing data as extant earthworks and waswere mapped as part of the Aylesbury Vale Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18604). Located east of Ashbrook Recreation Ground, Wendover, and centred at SP 86644 09010. AThe linear earthwork of a former trackway, south of the site of Shift Mill and shown on the Ordnance Surveyors’ Drawing for Aylesbury leading towards the mill. The earthworks measure 13m in width, at their widest, and extend for approximately 150m; they are clearest on the lidar visualisations. (7-9)

Sources (9)

<1>SBC6714 Map: Thomas Jefferys. 1770. [Map of] The County of Buckingham. Printed map. Linen. 1 inch:1 mile.
<2>SBC10093 Map: OS 1814 2-INCH DRAFT MAP/BRYANT A1825 MAP OF BUCKS (NGR ESTIMATED BY A R PIKE).
<3>SBC16505 Bibliographic reference: WEST L H 1909 HISTORY OF WENDOVER PP20-21.
<4>SBC14727 Bibliographic reference: SNOW R(ED)1972 NEW HISTORY OF WENDOVER PP20-21.
<5>SBC23045 Bibliographic reference: Michael Farley, Edward Legg and James Venn (eds). 2007. The Watermills of Buckinghamshire: A 1930s account by Stanley Freese with original photographs. p.108.
<6>SBC23031 Unpublished document: Michael Farley. 2007. Notes on plan of Wendover Canal.
<7>SBC26824 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 1945. RAF/106G/UK/683 RS 4053 23-Aug-1945.
<8>SBC25062 Digital archive: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LiDAR data. LIDAR SP8609 Environment Agency 1m DTM Composite 2020 date accessed 09-Mar-2023.
<9>SBC26899 Digital archive: Wikimedia. 2024. Boyce. 1813. Ordnance Surveyors Drawing of Aylesbury (British Library OSD 155 serial 108) 1813-14 2 inch to the mile (1:31,680 scale).

Location

Grid reference	SP 86600 09200 (point)
Civil Parish	WENDOVER, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Event - Survey: Aerial investigation and mapping project (Ref: 9179) (EBC18604)

Record last edited

Sep 29 2024 12:27PM