Monument record 0514400000 - MILL YARD, LECKHAMPSTEAD

Summary

Watermill marked on nineteenth century map

Protected Status/Designation

  • Archaeological Notification Area: Earthworks of medieval fishponds and site of medieval watermill (DBC8786)

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Type and Period (1)

  • WATERMILL (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

MILL INDICATED ON 1841 TITHE MAP BY EXISTENCE OF A LEAT & SMALL POND, & FIELD NAMES 'MILL YARD' (NGR), 'MILL GROUND' &C. LARGE PLATFORM MAY BE MILL BUILDING SITE (& ARE OTHER PLATFORMS). A NOW DRY LEAT DIVERTED THE LECK FOR C 1KM, FROM W OF LODGE FARM; CHANNELLED WATER TO MILL? (B4).
Historical notes for both Great and Little Leckhamstead Mills (B5).

Sources (7)

  • ---SBC19915 Aerial Photograph: Glen Foard, Northants County Council. 1992. 14264/23 - Leckhampstead. SP725380. Yes.
  • <1>SBC20463 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1927. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume IV. Volume 4. p185.
  • <2>SBC29488 Monograph: Gerald Elvey (ed). 1975. 'Luffield Priory Charters, Part 2', in Bucks Record Society 18. Vol 18. pp42043, 45 (Charters 338, 339, 341).
  • <3>SBC10709 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SP 73 NW (M) ENTRY FOR DEC 1974. CA RD NOT RETAINED.
  • <4>SBC2784 Graphic material: CHADBURN ADB 1984 PARISH SURVEY OF LECKHAMPSTEAD P P30-4,86-91 (IN CAS FILE 2708; SKETCH SURVEY).
  • <5>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. pp50-51.
  • <6>SBC15868 Article in serial: 1940. HUGHES MW (ED) 1940 FEET OF FINES FOR BUCKS, IN BUCKS RECORD SOC 41 P29.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 7234 3804 (220m by 140m)
Civil Parish LECKHAMPSTEAD, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Survey: Parish survey (EBC13925)

Record last edited

May 10 2026 2:59PM

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