Monument record 0184401000 - ELLIOT OR BOIS MILL

Summary

Elliot or Bois mill used as papermill in the eighteenth century

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Type and Period (1)

  • 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 (2)

  • <1>SBC6733 Map: JEFFERYS T MAP OF BUCKS (1788).
  • <8>SBC4708 Article in serial: M Everett. 1993. 'CHESHAM TOWN MUSEUM PROJECT', IN JOURNAL OF THE CHESS VALLEY ARCH & HIST SOCIETY1993 PP23-26.

Location

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

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

Record last edited

Nov 6 2024 3:51PM

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