Monument record 0521500000 - 'STOWE MILL' IN STOWE PARK
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- 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).
Sources (3)
- <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SBC5456 Unpublished document: Stanley Freese. 1946.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SBC309 Unpublished document: Abraham Allen. 1633.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SBC2992 Unpublished document: George E Clarke (Stowe School). 1982.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).
Location
Grid reference | SP 67800 37000 (point) |
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Civil Parish | STOWE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Apr 17 2025 4:51PM