Monument record 0518100000 - FULLING MILL, SOULBURY

Summary

Historical records and field-name evidence of a post-medieval fulling mill.

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Type and Period (2)

  • FULLING MILL (Post-Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1798 AD?)
  • WATERMILL (Post-Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1798 AD?)

Description

FULLING MILL (& A FORD) ON THE OUSE, REACHED BY AN ANCIENT ROADWAY THAT PASSED CLOSE TO CHELMSCOTE HOUSE. THE MILL WAS PULLED DOWN LONG AGO, BUT THERE ARE FIELDS IN THE VICINITY KNOWN AS FULLING FIELDS (B1 (1862)). CARTWAY NO LONGER VISIBLE & SITE DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY (B2). NGR TO CHELMSCOTE HOUSE (B3).
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Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC14296 Bibliographic reference: SHEAHAN P749.
  • <2>SBC5456 Unpublished document: FREESE S 1946 MS NOTES.
  • <3>SBC10378 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1958. OS 1958 1:10560 MAP. 1:10,560.
  • <4>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. p.56.

Location

Grid reference SP 89720 27330 (point)
Civil Parish SOULBURY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jan 31 2018 2:18PM

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