Monument record 0518100000 - FULLING MILL, SOULBURY
Summary
Historical records and field-name evidence of a post-medieval fulling mill.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
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).
Historical notes (B4).
(SP 8827) Watermill in Soulbury parish abandoned prior to 1862. May have been on the site of one of the two mills recorded in the Domesday Book (B5).
Sources (6)
- <1>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p749.
- <2>SBC5456 Unpublished document: Stanley Freese. 1946. Freese manuscript notes on windmills and watermills of Bucks.
- <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. p56.
- <5>SBC28378 Article in serial: County Museum Archaeological Group. 1982. 'Buckinghamshire Watermills' in Records of Buckinghamshire 24, pp34-45. Vol 24. p44.
- <6>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).
Location
| Grid reference | SP 89720 27330 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SOULBURY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Jun 23 2026 2:49PM
