Monument record 0515000000 - STEEPLE CLAYDON

Summary

Historical records to watermill and possible site recorded in field survey

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Type and Period (1)

  • WATERMILL (13th Century to 16th Century - 1200 AD to 1599 AD)

Description

A WATERMILL MENTIONED IN C13 & 1556 (B1).
MOST LIKELY SITE FOR MILL (&, PERHAPS, HILLESDEN MILL, CASS 05143) IS AREA OF CLAYDON PLANK. A POSSIBLE MILL LEAT FLOWS N OF PADBURY BROOK, THE PARISH BOUNDARY, THOUGH 'LEAT 'HAS NOW BECOME BROOK'S MAIN COURSE, OLD ONE BEING MARSH. NO DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE FOR SITE (B2).
Historical notes (B3).

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC20463 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1927. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume IV. Volume 4. p227.
  • <2>SBC11998 Verbal communication: Andrew Pike (BCM). 1983. PERS COMM FOLLOWING FIELD VISIT, AUG 1983.
  • <3>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. p47.

Location

Grid reference SP 69500 27400 (point)
Civil Parish STEEPLE CLAYDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: (EBC17664)

Record last edited

Oct 24 2024 7:52PM

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