Building record 0184200000 - AMY MILL

Summary

Eighteenth to nineteenth century records of Amy Mill watermill

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  • Listed Building

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Type and Period (2)

  • WATERMILL (18th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD to 1899 AD)
  • (Former Type) CORN MILL (18th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Length 18m, Width 13m.
1788 & 1814 MAPS MARK MILL (B2-3).
1825 MAP MARKS 2 MILLS ADJACENT (B4).
1873 MAP MARKS MILL & BOIS MILL (B5-6).
AMY MILL HOUSE (01)(B7).
DIRECTORY ENTRIES SUGGEST MILL CEASED USING WATER POWER PRE-1883 (B8).
CORN MILL (B1).
AMY MILL & BOIS OR CANADA MILL STOOD OPPOSITE EACH OTHER (B9).
Detailed historical notes, 1930s condition and photograph. Mill house remained in 2006 (B10).
See CAS 01844.

Sources (11)

  • <1>SBC1362 Bibliographic reference: BCM CAS RECORD CARD 1842..
  • <2>SBC6740 Map: JEFFERYS.T. 1788 MAP OF BUCKS..
  • <3>SBC11433 Map: OS TWO INCH DRAFT MAP.1814..
  • <4>SBC1978 Map: BRYANT A. 1825. MAP OF BUCKS..
  • <5>SBC11429 Map: OS SIX INCH MAP.(1:10560) 1ST EDITION 1873/83..
  • <6>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. pp219-220.
  • <7>SBC10676 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD FILED IN ENVELOPE- SP 90SE 16.
  • <8>SBC6941 Bibliographic reference: KELLY'S DIRECTORIES OF BUCKS (TO 1887.).
  • <9>SBC4708 Article in serial: M Everett. 1993. 'CHESHAM TOWN MUSEUM PROJECT', IN JOURNAL OF THE CHESS VALLEY ARCH & HIST SOCIETY1993 PP23-26.
  • <10>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. pp185-186.
  • <11>SBC20011 Unpublished document: Archaeological Services & Consultancy Ltd. 2001. Chilterns Chalk Streams Project: Chess & Misbourne Valleys - Archaeological Assessment.

Location

Grid reference SP 96070 01030 (point)
Civil Parish CHESHAM, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: (EBC14138)

Record last edited

Nov 4 2024 8:39PM

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