Monument record 0424900000 - WINDMILL FIELD

Summary

Thirteenth to nineteenth century records of windmill on Windmill Field

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Type and Period (1)

  • WINDMILL (13th Century to 19th Century - 1200 AD? to 1899 AD?)

Description

REFERENCES TO A MILL BELONGING TO RICHARD DE LA VACHE IN THE LATE 13TH CENTURY POINT TO THERE HAVING BEEN A WINDMILL ON HIS LAND, WHICH LAY ON THE LEFT BANK OF THE RIVER MISBOURNE. THE MILL OF ROBERT POLET, WHO WAS PROBABLY A TENANT ON THE VACHE FEE, MENTIONED IN 1275 IS DOUBTLESS THE SAME MILL (B1).
WINDMILL MARKED ON MAP OF 1788, APPROX AT NGR (B2).
CHALFONT ST GILES TITHE MAP MARKS 'WINDMILL FIELD', CENTRED APPROX AT NGR (B3).

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC4585 Verbal communication: Gerald Elvey. 1979. ELVEY G R, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION JAN 1979 (FROM DOCUMENTS AT PRO, KEW).
  • <2>SBC6738 Map: Thomas Jefferys. 1788. JEFFERYS' 1788 MAP OF BUCKS. Linen.
  • <3>SBC2821 Map: CHALFONT ST GILES TITHE APPORTIONMENT MAP (AT PRO, KEW REF: IR 29/3/21)..

Location

Grid reference SU 98400 93500 (point)
Civil Parish CHALFONT ST. GILES, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Nov 23 2007 3:18PM

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