Monument record 0441100000 - TAPLOW MILLS

Summary

Documentary references to medieval and post-medieval watermills at Taplow.

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Type and Period (2)

  • (Former Type) CORN MILL (First mentioned 1194, Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD? to 1864 AD?)
  • (Former Type) WATERMILL (Medieval to Modern - 1066 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

PRESENT MILL SITE PROB ORIGINAL SITE (B1).
1197, 2 MILLS ON WM TURVILLE'S ESTATE PASSED TO MERTON PRIORY. 1281, FULLING MILL LEASED (01:000) & BY 1304 3 MILLS RECORDED (B2-3).
MILLS SHOWN ON MAPS FROM 1637 (B4-9).
1798, 2 CORN MILLS RECORDED (B10).
CORN MILLING CEASED 1864 (B10).
PRESENT MILL IS PAPERMILL (02:000). NGR to 'Corn Mill' on 1st edition 25-inch OS map.
Detailed historical notes and 1930s condition (B13).

Sources (14)

  • <1>SBC14061 Unpublished document: Grace Scrimgeour & Mike Farley. 1987. 'TAPLOW & ITS SETTING' pp20-21 (DRAFT MANUSCRIPT).
  • <2>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. pp243-244.
  • <3>SBC2079 Bibliographic reference: 1940. BUCKS RECORD SOC 4 1940 P36 FEET OF FINES, BUCKS.. Vol 4.
  • <4>SBC8147 Map: Henry Bulstrode & John Straton. 1637. 'PLOTT OR DISCRIPTION OF THE RIVER THAMES. ..HENRY BULSTRODE, ESQ, & JOHN STRATON, GENT.'.
  • <6>SBC16753 Bibliographic reference: D G Wilson. 1977. THE MAKING OF THE MIDDLE THAMES. pp60, 74.
  • <7>SBC10301 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1882. 1ST EDITION 6-INCH MAP.
  • <8>SBC6714 Map: Thomas Jefferys. 1770. [Map of] The County of Buckingham. Printed map. Linen. 1 inch:1 mile.
  • <9>SBC10105 Map: OS 1822 2-INCH DRAFT SURVEYORS MAP AND BRYANT A 1825 MAP OF BUCKS.
  • <10>SBC1606 Bibliographic reference: I F W Beckett (ed). 1985. 'THE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE POSSE COMITATUS 1798', BUCKS RECORD SOCIETY NO.22 P173. Vol 22.
  • <11>SBC6931 Bibliographic reference: KELLY'S 1864 POST OFFICE DIRECTORY OF BUCKS.
  • <12>SBC15055 Bibliographic reference: F S Thaker. 1920. The Thames Highway. 2 Volumes. Vol 2, pp321.
  • <13>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. pp.85-87.
  • <14>SBC23515 Unpublished document: ARCUS. 2006. Final Report Archaelogical Desk Study: Land associated with Taplow Mill and Skindles Hotel, Taplow, Maidenhead..
  • <15>SBC24420 Unpublished document: CgMs Consulting. 2011. Archaeological Impact Assessment: Land at St Regis Papermill and Adjoining Land, Taplow.

Location

Grid reference SU 90399 82034 (point)
Civil Parish TAPLOW, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Nov 6 2024 4:11PM

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