Monument record 0437800000 - MILL LANE, BEACONSFIELD

Summary

Documentary references to eighteenth century windmill on Mill Lane

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Type and Period (2)

  • (Former Type) CORN MILL (18th Century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)
  • (Former Type) WINDMILL (18th Century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)

Description

MAP OF C.1770 SHOWS WINDMILL APPROX AT NGR (B1). IN 1795 BAD HARVEST AROUSED (EDMUND BURKE) FROM STUPOR. HE PUT UP A MILL IN 1 OF THE FIELDS … IN WHICH CORN WAS GROUND FOR THE POOR. (B2). WINDMILL SHOWN ON PRINT C.1780 (B3). WINDMILL, PROB POST TYPE, STOOD INTO C19 (B4). BUT NOT ON C19 MAPS (B5).

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  • <1>SBC9178 Graphic material: MONTALAMBERT R C1770 PLAN OF COUNTRY NORTH OF BEAC ONSFIELD (IN BRITISH LIBRARY, REF:K.TOP.VIII 4-2).
  • <2>SBC13609 Article in serial: RECS OF BUCKS 5 1884 P338 (PRECIS OF LIFE OF EDMUN D BURKE).
  • <3>SBC15068 Bibliographic reference: THE SEAT OF THE RT HON EDMUND BURKE AT BECONSFIELD BUCKS, PRINT C1780 IN EUROPEANMAGAZINEC1780"(PERM.
  • <4>SBC15026 Bibliographic reference: TAYLOR A C 1975 HISTORY OF BEACONSFIELD P54.
  • <5>SBC11991 Map: PIKE A R AUG 1978 FROM JEFFERYS 1788 MAP OF BUCKS & BRYANT 1825 MAP OF BUCKS.

Location

Grid reference SU 94100 90400 (point)
Civil Parish BEACONSFIELD, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Sep 30 1987 12:00AM

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