Monument record 0118801000 - LOWER MILLS, HEDSOR
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
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 (11)
- <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SBC5462 Unpublished document: Stanley Freese. 1946.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. pp163-4.
Location
Grid reference | SU 89472 86461 (point) |
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Civil Parish | WOOBURN, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC1421)
Record last edited
Aug 13 2022 1:55PM