Monument record 0184401000 - ELLIOT OR BOIS MILL

Summary

Elliot or Bois mill used as papermill in the eighteenth century

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  • None recorded

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  • PAPER MILL (18th Century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)

Description

Bois Mill also known as 'Elliotts' from the papermaking family. In the C16 it was a fulling mill but insured as a corn & paper mill in 1793 by Joseph Elliott. John Elliott was the miller in 1853. Papermaking had ceased by 1864; it continued as a flour mill (B8).
'Paper Mill' on 1788 map (B1).

Sources (10)

  • <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>SBC15704 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 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.

Location

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

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC1346)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC13679)

Record last edited

May 13 2022 3:16PM

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