Monument record 0402700000 - HUNTS MILL, WESTBURY

Summary

Remains of medieval to nineteenth century watermill, known as Hunts Mill.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Type and Period (4)

  • WATERMILL (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1899 AD)
  • LEAT (Post-Medieval - 1540 AD to 1798 AD)
  • DITCH (Post-Medieval - 1540 AD to 1798 AD)
  • WATER CHANNEL (Post-Medieval - 1540 AD to 1798 AD)

Description

'HUNTS MILL' ON 1788-1825 MAPS (B1-3).
'HUNTS MILL' AT NGR (B4).
1 MILL IN DOMESDAY, KNOWN IN C13 AS HUNT MILL, ATTACHED TO HONOUR OF WALLINGFORD & PASSED TO PUREFOYS OF SHALSTONE (B5).
REFS IN 1740 (B6).
STONE FOUNDATIONS OF WHEELHOUSE AT NGR, LEAT & SITE OF MILL HOUSE (B7).
LEASE OF MILL C.1263 (B8).
Historical notes and condition in 1930s. Slight foundations remaining in 2006 (B9).

A post-medieval watermill leat is visible on historic aerial photographs and remote sensing data as earthworks and was mapped as part of the North Buckinghamshire Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18304). Located on the north bank of the River Great Ouse at the site of the former Huntsmill and centred at SP 63827 34745, a curvilinear ditch or leat about 6.5 metres wide extends about 300 metres west of the former mill. The single leat diverges into two parallel curving leats for about 105 metres at the western head end of the features, meeting the river in two places. Whilst this feature is documented on the 1st Edition OS map dated 1881 and 2nd edition OS map dated 1900, it is only shown as a single leat and it is not until the 3rd Edition OS map dated 1922 that part of a second leat above the first is depicted. It is unclear whether the second leat had been newly cut between 1900 and 1922, or whether the first two OS editions had simply not identified the presence of a second leat (10-15).

Sources (15)

  • <1>SBC6714 Map: Thomas Jefferys. 1770. [Map of] The County of Buckingham. Printed map. Linen. 1 inch:1 mile.
  • <2>SBC10531 Map: OS C1822 2INCH DRAFT MAP (OSD MAP 11,ROLL 6 NO 229 PT3).
  • <3>SBC1967 Map: Andrew Bryant. 1825. Map of the County of Buckinghamshire. Printed map. Linen. 1.5 inches:1 mile.
  • <4>SBC10262 Map: OS 1880/1885 1:10560 MAP,1ST EDITION.
  • <5>SBC15903 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 4 P265.
  • <6>SBC8673 Bibliographic reference: MITCHELL L G (ED) 1973 THE PUREFOY LETTERS 1735-17 53 P75.
  • <7>SBC11998 Verbal communication: Andrew Pike (BCM). 1983. PERS COMM FOLLOWING FIELD VISIT, AUG 1983.
  • <8>SBC4572 Bibliographic reference: G R Elvey (Ed). 1975. LUFFIELD PRIORY CHARTERS VOL 2, IN BUCKS RECORD SOCIETY 18 P98, CHARTER 404A. Vol 18.
  • <9>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. p10.
  • <10>SBC26621 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2023. RAF-543-1426 2F42 0346 28-AUG-1961.
  • <11>SBC26622 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2023. FSL-6125 V 24009 JUN-1961.
  • <12>SBC25062 Digital archive: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LiDAR data. LIDAR SP63SW Environment Agency National LIDAR Programme DTM 1 Metre dated 2019 SP6334.
  • <13>SBC25776 Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey 1st Edition 25 inch (1:2500) scale map. Map. Oxfordshire XI.12 1881 1881.
  • <14>SBC26495 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1893-1915. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 scale Epoch 2 map. Buckinghamshire XII.12 1900.
  • <15>SBC26299 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1906-1939. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 scale Epoch 3 map. Buckinghamshire XII.12 1922.

Location

Grid reference SP 6387 3479 (point)
Civil Parish WESTBURY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Survey: Aerial investigation and mapping project (Ref: 7768) (EBC18304)
  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC17489)

Record last edited

Nov 20 2023 12:40AM

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