Monument record 0521500000 - 'STOWE MILL' IN STOWE PARK

Summary

Possible site of medieval and post-medieval watermill, mentioned in 1226 and 1633. Abandoned by 1718.

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  • SHINE: Stowe medieval to post medieval landscape garden, medieval deserted villages of Lamport & Boycott, shrunken village of Daford, also moats, manors and fishponds, ridge and furrow earthworks & cropmarks, and areas of ancient semi natural woodland (DBC7454)

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Type and Period (1)

  • WATERMILL (First mentioned 1226, 13th Century to 17th Century - 1200 AD to 1699 AD)

Description

'Mill of Stowe' mentioned 1226 near roads 'Kingstrete' & 'Buggilderode' . Also refers to 'Melpethel Mill'. [Feet of Fines 10, Henry III] (B1).
Reference to Stowe Mill 1633 (B2).
Mill in C17 was at the bottom of the village, somewhere close to the present Octagon Pond (B3).

A water mill at Stowe, SP678370, was established by 1226, but abandoned by 1718 (B4).

Sources (5)

  • <1>SBC5456 Unpublished document: Stanley Freese. 1946. Freese manuscript notes on windmills and watermills of Bucks.
  • <2>SBC309 Unpublished document: Abraham Allen. 1633. ALLEN A 1633 SURVEY OF STOWE (IN BRO; REF D/104/73 ).
  • <3>SBC2992 Unpublished document: George E Clarke (Stowe School). 1982. CLARKE G 1982 (JULY) LETTER, (FILED).
  • <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). Insert 1997.

Location

Grid reference SP 67800 37000 (point)
Civil Parish STOWE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jun 24 2026 3:44PM

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