Monument record 0526800000 - MOUNT PLEASANT BUILDINGS

Summary

Historical records of seventeenth to eighteenth century windmill

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Type and Period (1)

  • WINDMILL (17th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1799 AD)

Description

MAPS 1695 MARK WINDMILL AT APPROX NGR- ON MOUND? (B1).
MAP 1758 MARKS 'LITTLECOTE MILL' (WINDMILL) APPROX AT NGR (B2).
WAS ALMOST CERTAINLY ON LITTLECOT FARM; PROBABLY NEAR OLD COWSHEDS (MOUNT PLEASANT BUILDINGS, BETWEEN OS85 & 105) ONE OF WINDIEST PLACES IN AREA (B4).
NO TRACE OF MILL, 1985 (B6).

Sources (7)

  • <1>SBC9189 Map: MORDEN E 1695 MAP OF BUCKS/ SELLER J 1695 MAP OF B UCKS.
  • <2>SBC1786 Map: BOWEN E 1758 MAP OF BUCKS.
  • <3>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. p424.
  • <4>SBC5456 Unpublished document: FREESE S 1946 MS NOTES.
  • <5>SBC583 Verbal communication: ARP 1983(AUG) PERS COMM; NGR DERIVED FROM INFO IN BI1, BI2 &BI4.
  • <6>SBC6855 Bibliographic reference: JONES NW 1985(OCT) FIELD VISIT (&SEE HIS STEWKLEY PARISH SURVEY, P15, IN CAS FILE 2766).
  • <7>SBC15571 Bibliographic reference: HUGHES MW (ED) 1940 FEET OF FINES, BUCKS, IN BUCKS RECORD SOC 4 P92.

Location

Grid reference SP 84500 24300 (point)
Civil Parish STEWKLEY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC14371)

Record last edited

Nov 6 2024 6:50PM

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