Monument record 0515600000 - WATER STRATFORD PARISH
Summary
Historical records of medieval watermill, destroyed in the fourteenth century
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Type and Period (1)
- WATERMILL (Demolished c.1349, 11th Century to 14th Century - 1000 AD? to 1399 AD)
Description
1 MILL WORTH 8S. IN DOMESDAY MANOR OF STRADFORD (WATER STRATFORD)(B1).
THERE WAS A WATERMILL ON THE DEMESNE OF WATER STRATFORD IN 1278-9 AND A MILL IS MENTIONED AS HAVING BEEN AN APPURTENANCE OF THE MANOR, BUT DESTROYED BY ISABEL DE STRATFORD ABOUT 1349 (B2).
Historical notes (B3).
A water mill is recorded at Water Stratford in the Domesday Book (B4).
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 (5)
- <1>SBC4271 Bibliographic reference: John Morris (ed). 1978. Domesday Book: Buckinghamshire.
- <2>SBC20463 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1927. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume IV. Volume 4. p262.
- <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. p10.
- <4>SBC28378 Article in serial: County Museum Archaeological Group. 1982. 'Buckinghamshire Watermills' in Records of Buckinghamshire 24, pp34-45. Vol 24. p44.
- <5>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).
Location
| Grid reference | SP 65500 34300 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WATER STRATFORD, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Jun 30 2026 10:18AM
