Monument record 0516700000 - UPPER MILL

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Historical records of medieval to seventeenth century watermill

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  • WATERMILL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1066 AD to 1699 AD)

Description

DOMESDAY- 2 MILLS, MANOR OF WENDOVER (B1).
1620 'MILLMEADE', 'MILL CLOSE' & 'MILLPOND' IN VICINITY OF NGR (B2).
1 OF 2 WATERMILLS APPARENTLY SITUATED NEAR BUCKS BRIDGE FARM (B3).
UPPER WATER MILL STOOD ON THE SITE OF BUCKS BRIDGE FARM; TIMBER REMAINS WERE UNEARTHED WHEN HERON PATH HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1970 (B5).
Historical notes (B7).

SP 871 075 Watermill established by 1295 and abandoned some time after 1562 (B8).

Sources (9)

  • <1>SBC4271 Bibliographic reference: John Morris (ed). 1978. Domesday Book: Buckinghamshire.
  • <2>SBC16492 Map: 1620. WENDOVER ESTATE MAP (IN POSSESSION OF L ABEL-SMITH).
  • <3>SBC16505 Bibliographic reference: WEST L H 1909 HISTORY OF WENDOVER PP20-21.
  • <4>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. p28.
  • <5>SBC14725 Bibliographic reference: SNOW R (ED)1972 NEW HISTORY OF WENDOVER PP117-119.
  • <6>SBC10448 Map: OS 1971 1:2500 MAP.
  • <7>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. p106.
  • <8>SBC28378 Article in serial: County Museum Archaeological Group. 1982. 'Buckinghamshire Watermills' in Records of Buckinghamshire 24, pp34-45. Vol 24. p44.
  • <9>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE). insert 2009.

Location

Grid reference SP 87090 07530 (point)
Civil Parish WENDOVER, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Jun 23 2026 10:34AM

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