Monument record 0431500000 - C550M NE OF HARTWELL HOUSE

Summary

Possible windmill mound recorded in field survey, windmill mentioned in the thirteenth century

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • WINDMILL MOUND? (13th Century to Post-Medieval - 1200 AD to 1798 AD?)

Description

Dimensions - Height 1m, Length 20m, Width 16m.
Plan Form - Oval.
FLAT TOPPED MOUND IN HARTWELL PARK. MAY BE SITE OF MILL DEPICTED NEBOT'S PAINTINGS AT BCM (OPEN TRESTLE POST MILL). NO DITCH VISIBLE. TOO FAR FROM HOUSE TO BE GARDEN FEATURE. NOTE FIELD NAME-UPPER ABBOTS HILL (B4).
GRANT RE ABBYNTS MILL & 1 ACRE NEXT TO OSNEY ABBEY MILL (B2).
1271 REF TO A MILL AT HARTWELL (B1).

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC5957 Bibliographic reference: GURNEY F G,NOTEBOOK G,NO 11(IN BAS MUNIMENT ROOM).
  • <2>SBC13872 Bibliographic reference: SALTER H E (ED) 1935 CARTULARY OF OSENEY ABBEY 5 P 182 (CHARTER NO 663).
  • <3>SBC1606 Monograph: Ian Beckett (ed). 1985. 'The Buckinghamshire Posse Comitatus 1798', Bucks Record Society No.22. Vol 22.
  • <4>SBC12232 Bibliographic reference: PIKE A R,5 SEPT 1985,FIELD VISIT (FIELD NAME FROM SMYTH W H 1864 ADDENDA TO AEDES HARTWELLIANAE PLIV.

Location

Grid reference SP 79990 12840 (point)
Civil Parish HARTWELL, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC13518)
  • Event - Survey: HS2 remote sensing surveys (Ref: CH-004-011) (EBC17785)

Record last edited

Apr 26 2026 11:33PM

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