Monument record 0063200000 - SW OF MANOR FARM, KINGSEY

Summary

Historical records of eighteenth to nineteenth century watermill. Possibly on the site of an earlier mill.

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Type and Period (1)

  • WATERMILL (13th Century - 1200 AD to 1299 AD)

Description

1788 & 1825 WATERMILL APPROX AT NGR (B1).
OS MARKS 'CORNMILL' AT NGR (B2).
DEC 1841 MILL SABOTAGED (B3).
WATERMILL APPERTAINED TO KINGSEY MANOR (B4).
AT SP74030635 MODERN BRICK BUILDING IS PRESUMABLY SITE OF MILL (B6).
WATERMILLER RECORDED AT KINGSLEY (B9).
SEEMS IT CEASED WORKING C.1895(B10). SEE ALSO CASS 01606.
Detailed historical notes, 1930s condition and photograph. Pumping wheel on site in 2006 (B12).

The water mill at SP74020637 was established by the late-C13th, and abandoned in 1895 (B13).

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  • ---SBC17570 Aerial Photograph: BKS 227.580552. SP\738065. Yes.
  • ---SBC17571 Aerial Photograph: BKS 227.580553. SP\740065. Yes.
  • ---SBC17901 Aerial Photograph: 18/03/55. CUC PB 10. SP\738065.
  • ---SBC17902 Aerial Photograph: 18/03/55. CUC PB 7. SP\738065. Yes.
  • ---SBC20019 Aerial Photograph: Jasair. 1988. 1988 Jasair vertical AP. SP74000600. Yes.
  • ---SBC20020 Aerial Photograph: Cambridge University Committee for Aerial Photography. 1985. 1985 Cambridge University vertical AP. SP73500640. Yes.
  • <1>SBC6726 Map: JEFFERYS T 1788 MAP OF BUCKS/BRYANT A 1825 MAP OF BUCKS.
  • <2>SBC10226 Map: OS 1878/85 1:10560 1ST EDITION MAP.
  • <3>SBC671 Bibliographic reference: AYLESBURY NEWS 4 DEC 1841.
  • <4>SBC20463 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1927. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume IV. Volume 4. p65.
  • <5>SBC121 Bibliographic reference: A/P'S COMMENT BY FARLEY M E & PIKE A R,NOV 1977.
  • <6>SBC4788 Bibliographic reference: FARLEY M E & PIKE A R 16 NOV 1977 FIELD VISIT.
  • <7>SBC10628 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD.
  • <8>SBC12055 Bibliographic reference: PIKE A R FROM CHIBNALL J 1963 ROADS OF BUCKINGHAMS HIRE (LONDON UNIV.MSC THESIS) P102 & FIGS 21A-B.
  • <9>SBC1606 Monograph: Ian Beckett (ed). 1985. 'The Buckinghamshire Posse Comitatus 1798', Bucks Record Society No.22. Vol 22.
  • <10>SBC7023 Bibliographic reference: Kelly's Directories Ltd. 1895. KELLY'S DIRECTORY OF BUCKS 1895.
  • <11>SBC20021 Verbal communication: Anne-Marie Cromarty. 1996. Anne-Marie Cromarty to Julia Wise 29th April 1996.
  • <12>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. pp128-129.
  • <13>SBC28378 Article in serial: County Museum Archaeological Group. 1982. 'Buckinghamshire Watermills' in Records of Buckinghamshire 24, pp34-45. Vol 24. p42.
  • <14>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 7407 0650 (270m by 380m)
Civil Parish KINGSEY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: Field visit (EBC16269)

Record last edited

Jul 6 2026 2:49PM

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