Monument record 0200100000 - ORCHARD MILL, GREAT BRICKHILL

Summary

Historical records of sixteenth to nineteenth century watermill

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Site of Medieval and later watermill at Orchard Mill (DBC9383)

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  • WATERMILL (16th Century to 19th Century - 1500 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Length 13m, Width 10m.
Plan Form - Square.
1774 map has fields in area of NGR as 'Next Mill' (B1).
1788 & 1825 maps mark 'Orchard Mill' (Watermill) approx at NGR (B2-3).
'Orchard Mill (Corn)' at NGR (B5).
Of C16 & later. On site of 1086 mill? (See 00:001) (B6).
Ceased working c.1939 (B7).
Destroyed by fire c.1960. Sluices, mill race are only remains (B9)
Detailed historical notes, 1930s condition and photograph. Mill working in 2006 (B10).

Sources (10)

  • <1>SBC14902 Map: 1774. STOKE HAMMOND INCLOSURE (?) MAP (BRO REF: MA/ 195/1R - COPY FILED).
  • <2>SBC6714 Map: Thomas Jefferys. 1770. [Map of] The County of Buckingham. Printed map. Linen. 1 inch:1 mile.
  • <3>SBC1967 Map: Andrew Bryant. 1825. Map of the County of Buckinghamshire. Printed map. Linen. 1.5 inches:1 mile.
  • <4>SBC12413 Bibliographic reference: POSSE COMITATUS 1798 (MS AT BRO:L/P/15-16).
  • <5>SBC10258 Map: OS 1880/1884 1:10560 MAP, 1ST EDITION (& SUBSEQUEN T EDITIONS).
  • <6>SBC20463 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1927. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume IV. Volume 4. p294.
  • <7>SBC7020 Bibliographic reference: Kelly's Directories Ltd. KELLY'S DIRECTORY OF BUCKS 1883-1939.
  • <8>SBC6696 Bibliographic reference: JACK R I(ED) 1965 THE GREY OF RUTHIN,VALOR P111.
  • <9>SBC7086 Bibliographic reference: KESSLER,MR DAVID, & PIKE A R 1978.
  • <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. pp.58-59.

Location

Grid reference SP 88550 30870 (point)
Civil Parish GREAT BRICKHILL, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: (EBC17425)

Record last edited

Oct 24 2024 9:04PM

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