Monument record 0118801000 - LOWER MILLS, HEDSOR

Summary

Eighteenth to twentienth century records of paper mill, burnt down in 1940.

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Type and Period (2)

  • (Former Type) PAPER MILL (Burnt down 1940, 18th Century to Modern - 1700 AD? to 1940 AD)
  • (Former Type) WATERMILL (Burnt down 1940, 18th Century to Modern - 1700 AD? to 1940 AD)

Description

POSSE COMITATUS RECORDS 6 PAPERMAKERS AT HEDSOR (B2).
LOWER MILLS ARE EXTENSIVE, USED FOR MILLBOARD MANUFACTURE (B4).
'PAPER MILL' AT NGR (B5).
GUTTED BY FIRE 1940. LUNNONS HERE FROM 1823, JACKSONS FROM 1918 (B7).
PAPER & MILLBOARD MILL HERE OWNED BY WILDMAN FAMILY 1775-1807, LATER BUCKS MILLBOARD CO (B8).
Detailed historical notes and condition in 1940s. Burnt out remains visible in 2006 (B11).

Sources (6)

  • <2>SBC12400 Bibliographic reference: POSSE COMITATUS 1798 (MS AT BRO, REF:L/P/15 & 16).
  • <4>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. pp914-915.
  • <5>SBC10144 Map: OS 1875/1883 1:10560 MAP, 1ST EDITION.
  • <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SBC5462 Unpublished document: Stanley Freese. 1946.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.
  • <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. pp163-4.

Location

Grid reference SU 89472 86461 (point)
Civil Parish WOOBURN, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC1421)

Record last edited

Nov 8 2024 2:40PM

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