Monument record 0444400000 - NEW, KINGS OR BRYANTS MILL

Summary

Site of eighteenth to twentieth century paper-mill.

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Type and Period (2)

  • PAPER MILL (18th Century to Modern - 1700 AD to 1999 AD)
  • WATERMILL (18th Century to Modern - 1700 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

1788, 1825 MAPS 'NEW (PAPER) MILL' APPROX AT NGR (B1-2).
'PAPER MILL' AT NGR (B3).
A PAPER MILL IN 1779. TAKEN OVER BY WYCOMBE MARSH MILLS, 1898. IRON WHEEL. BELIEVED TO HAVE CLOSED C.1958. NO REMAINS OF BUILDINGS (B4-5).
EXCISE NO 417 (1779) (B6).
1725,1733 R BECK INSURED 'NEW MILLS' (B7).
CEASED WORKING C.1935 (B8).
Detailed historical notes, 1930s condition and photograph. Derelict in 2006 (B8).

Sources (8)

  • <1>SBC6714 Map: Thomas Jefferys. 1770. [Map of] The County of Buckingham. Printed map. Linen. 1 inch:1 mile.
  • <2>SBC1967 Map: Andrew Bryant. 1825. Map of the County of Buckinghamshire. Printed map. Linen. 1.5 inches:1 mile.
  • <3>SBC10145 Map: OS 1875/1883 1:10560 MAP,1ST EDITION.
  • <4>SBC2611 Bibliographic reference: CAUVAIN P 1976/1977 WYE VALLEY WATERMILLS (OXFORD EXTRA MURAL CERT.COURSE IN ARCHAEOLOGY DISSERTATIO.
  • <5>SBC14536 Bibliographic reference: SHORTER A H 1957 PAPER MILLS & PAPER MAKERS IN ENG LAND 1495-1800.
  • <6>SBC8286 Bibliographic reference: MAYES L J, HIGH WYCOMBE.
  • <7>SBC6980 Bibliographic reference: Kelly's Directories Ltd. KELLY'S DIRECTORY OF BUCKS (TO 1935 EDITION).
  • <8>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.154-155.

Location

Grid reference SU 89900 91040 (point)
Civil Parish CHEPPING WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Sep 20 2011 12:12PM

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