Monument record 0404900000 - WEST MILL, LAKE END, DORNEY

Summary

Thirteenth to sixteenth century records of watermill called West Mill, probably at Lake End

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Type and Period (1)

  • WATERMILL (13th Century to 16th Century - 1200 AD to 1599 AD)

Description

FIRST REF TO MILL 1260. RICHARD, KING OF ROMANS GAVE TO BURNHAM ABBEY, DESCRIBED IN FOUNDATION CHARTER AS MILL, FISHERY & LANDS WHICH WERE JOHN DE BOVENEY'S. 1578 DESCRIBED AS 'FORMER MILL' & NO MENTION IN 1579 FISHERY GRANT (B1).
EVIDENCE THAT WEST MILL WAS AT LAKE END. SIGN OF FORMER POND (B2).
Historical notes (B3).

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC15493 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 3 P179.
  • <2>SBC9243 Bibliographic reference: MR & MRS D MILLER SEPT 1977 (SEE NOTES FILED).
  • <3>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. p169.

Location

Grid reference SU 92700 79700 (point)
Civil Parish BURNHAM, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish DORNEY, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Nov 27 2023 8:40PM

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