Monument record 0118800000 - LOWER MILLS, HEDSOR

Summary

Watermill known from fifteenth to eighteenth century records, demolished in 1918.

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Type and Period (2)

  • (Former Type) WATERMILL (Demolished 1918, 15th Century to Modern - 1400 AD? to 1918 AD)
  • (Former Type) CORN MILL (Demolished 1918, 15th Century to Modern - 1400 AD? to 1918 AD)

Description

Watermill, approx at NGR, on 1788 map (B1).
Lower Mills are extensive, used for millboard manufacture (B4).
'Paper Mill' at NGR (B5).
1 mill is for flour known as 'Old Mill', 1 of 2 mills named in 1492 & 1557, & part of Hedsor manor in 1492. Corn mill demolished 1918, adjacent paper mill burnt 1940 (B7).
Detailed historical notes and surviving remains in 1940. Foundations and wheel visible in 2006 (B11).

Sources (12)

  • <1>SBC6714 Map: Thomas Jefferys. 1770. [Map of] The County of Buckingham. Printed map. Linen. 1 inch:1 mile.
  • <2>SBC12400 Bibliographic reference: POSSE COMITATUS 1798 (MS AT BRO, REF:L/P/15 & 16).
  • <3>SBC7713 Bibliographic reference: LIPSCOMB 3 P633.
  • <4>SBC14484 Bibliographic reference: SHEAHAN PP914-915.
  • <5>SBC10144 Map: OS 1875/1883 1:10560 MAP, 1ST EDITION.
  • <6>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. pp54, 56.
  • <7>SBC5462 Unpublished document: Stanley Freese. 1946. WINDMILLS & WATERMILLS OF BUCKS (MANUSCRIPT NOTES).
  • <8>SBC14535 Bibliographic reference: SHORTER A H 1957 PAPER MILLS & PAPER MAKERS IN EN GLAND,1495-1800 P55.
  • <9>SBC16753 Bibliographic reference: D G Wilson. 1977. THE MAKING OF THE MIDDLE THAMES. pp76, 79.
  • <10>SBC2609 Bibliographic reference: CAUVAIN P 1976/1977 WYE VALLEY WATER MILLS (OXFORD EXTRA-MURAL CERTIFICATE COURSE IN ARCHAEOLOGY DIS.
  • <11>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. p163.
  • <12>SBC25438 Bibliographic reference: Professor Russell Thomas. 2020. The Manufactured Gas Industry: Volume 3 Gazetteer.

Location

Grid reference SU 89442 86489 (point)
Civil Parish WOOBURN, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC1421)

Record last edited

Aug 13 2022 1:53PM

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