Monument record 0184400000 - ELLIOT OR BOIS MILL

Summary

Medieval to nineteenth century records of Elliot or Bios watermill

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WATERMILL (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

OS draft map marks 'Elliot Mill' (B2).
1825 map marks 'Chesham Bois Mill' (B3).
Watermill recorded in Domesday Book attached to Chesham Bois manor. Mentioned in 1310. Subject of a dispute in 1535 (B4).
Reference to Bois Mill in 1769 (B5).
Mill race survives, mill building does not (B7).
Mill ceased working c.1867 (B6).
Major excavation of stream bed through Bois Mill by Environment Agency. Old brick retaining wall exposed on S side of stream and found to be built apparently on driven wood piles c.10cm in diameter (B9).
Detailed historical notes and 1930s condition. Mill house remained in 2006 (B12).

Sources (14)

<1>SBC6733 Map: JEFFERYS T MAP OF BUCKS (1788).
<2>SBC11432 Map: OS TWO INCH DRAFT MAP (CIRCA 1814).
<3>SBC1976 Map: BRYANT A MAP OF BUCKS (1825).
<4>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. pp219-220.
<5>SBC14970 Bibliographic reference: SUNLIFE INSURANCE CO (PER SHORTER A H PAPERMILLS AND PAPERMAKERS IN ENGLAND1495-1800).
<6>SBC6968 Bibliographic reference: Kelly's Directories Ltd. KELLY'S DIRECTORY OF BUCKS (1864-).
<7>SBC5295 Bibliographic reference: FIELD VISIT ARP APRIL 1978.
<8>SBC4708 Article in serial: M Everett. 1993. 'CHESHAM TOWN MUSEUM PROJECT', IN JOURNAL OF THE CHESS VALLEY ARCH & HIST SOCIETY1993 PP23-26.
<9>SBC19474 Verbal communication: Mr Nixon. ?1998. Pers comm Mr Nixon to Farley M.
<10>SBC19475 Bibliographic reference: Hunt J. 1997. Chesham A Pictorial History. ppxiii-xiv fig23.
<11>SBC19476 Photograph: ?. ?. Bois Mill Chesham. Photocopy.
<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. p.193.
<13>SBC20011 Unpublished document: Archaeological Services & Consultancy Ltd. 2001. Chilterns Chalk Streams Project: Chess & Misbourne Valleys - Archaeological Assessment.
<14>SBC25540 Unpublished document: Chiltern District Council. Undated. CDC Historic Buildings casework files.

Location

Grid reference	SU 98400 99370 (point)
Civil Parish	CHESHAM, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire