Monument record 0515300001 - THORNTON MANOR MILL

Summary

Historical records of eleventh to nineteenth century watermill. Established by 1242 and abandoned 1850

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Type and Period (1)

WATERMILL (11th Century to 19th Century - 1000 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

1 MILL, WORTH 10 'ORES' ON DOMESDAY MANOR OF 'TERNITONE' (THORNTON)(B1).
'LATE MILLER OF THORNTON' MENTIONED 1242 (B7).
A WATERMILL RECORDED IN 1278-9. THERE WERE 2 WATERMILLS ON MANOR IN 1606, & WERE 3 CORNMILLS HERE THROUGHOUT C18 (B4).
NGR TO 'WATERMILL' MARKED ON MAPS 1788 & 1825 (B2).

SP 751364 A water mill at Thornton was established by 1242 and abandoned by 1850 (B9).

This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 June 2025 licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Sources (9)

<1>SBC4271 Bibliographic reference: John Morris (ed). 1978. Domesday Book: Buckinghamshire.
<2>SBC6747 Map: JEFFREYS T 1788 MAP OF BUCKS/ BRYANT A 1825 MAP OF BUCKS.
<3>SBC1606 Monograph: Ian Beckett (ed). 1985. 'The Buckinghamshire Posse Comitatus 1798', Bucks Record Society No.22. Vol 22.
<4>SBC20463 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1927. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume IV. Volume 4. p246.
<5>SBC13855 Unpublished document: S FREESE 1946 MS NOTES.
<6>SBC757 Bibliographic reference: BAILEY EH 1962 STONE ARTEFACTS FROM THE OUSE & OUZ EL IN WOLVERTON&DISTARCHSOCNEWSLETTER"7;&SEEDCMYN.
<7>SBC4590 Bibliographic reference: ELVEY GR (ED) 1975 LUFFIED PRIORY CHARTERS PTII IN BUCKSRECORDSOC"18P290(CHARTER640)".
<9>SBC28378 Article in serial: County Museum Archaeological Group. 1982. 'Buckinghamshire Watermills' in Records of Buckinghamshire 24, pp34-45. Vol 24. p44.
<10>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE). Insert 2005.

Location

Grid reference	SP 75100 36400 (point)
Civil Parish	THORNTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire