Monument record 0441102000 - TAPLOW MILLS

Summary

18th century watermill, in use as a cotton mill, then as a papermill, and still in operation.

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Type and Period (3)

  • (Former Type) COTTON MILL (First mentioned 1803, 18th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD? to 1899 AD?)
  • (Former Type) WATERMILL (18th Century to Modern - 1700 AD to 1945 AD)
  • PAPER MILL (18th Century to Modern - 1790 AD? to 1999 AD)

Description

1803, 21 YEAR LEASE OF THE OLD MILL, THE COTTON MANUFACTORY, MADE TO JOSEPH WISE (B2).
PAPER MILL PROBABLY STARTED BY VENABLES FAMILY, LATE C18 (B6).
TAPLOW PAPER WORKS MARKED AT NGR (B7).
PAPER MILL STILL OPERATES ON SITE (B1-2,B6).
Detailed historical notes and 1930s condition. Paper Mills working in 2006 while Fulling Mill pumping water (B13).
Desk-based assessment reports (B14-15).

Sources (7)

  • <1>SBC14061 Unpublished document: Grace Scrimgeour & Mike Farley. 1987. 'TAPLOW & ITS SETTING' pp20-21 (DRAFT MANUSCRIPT).
  • <2>SBC15714 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 3 PP243-244.
  • <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.
  • <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.
  • <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SBC23515 Unpublished document: ARCUS. 2006.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SBC24420 Unpublished document: CgMs Consulting. 2011.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 90404 82087 (point)
Civil Parish TAPLOW, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Nov 29 2023 2:31PM

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