Monument record 0206500000 - WINDMILL HILL

Summary

Possible site of medieval windmill from field name evidence

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Type and Period (1)

  • WINDMILL (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)

Description

LIPSCOMB (DISCUSSING WINDMILLS IN HIS MS NOTES) ADDS THAT THERE IS NONE AT WINDMILL HILL FOR TIME IMMEMORIAL (B1).
WINDMILL HILL FARM IS MENTIONED IN AN INDENTURE IN 1631. WINDMILL HILL PLANTATION N OF FARM IS MOST LIKELY SITE BEING OVER THE 450FT MARK; IMMEDIATE SURROUNDINGS ARE A LITTLE UNDER (B2-3).
Buildings report held at NMR (B4).

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC19627 Bibliographic reference: C. Oscar Moreton. 1929. Waddeson And Over Winchendon. p56.
  • <2>SBC5456 Unpublished document: Stanley Freese. 1946. Freese manuscript notes on windmills and watermills of Bucks.
  • <3>SBC10378 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1958. OS 1958 1:10560 MAP. 1:10,560.
  • <4>SBC23358 Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2006. NMR Buildings Reports. BF002010.

Location

Grid reference SP 73400 15500 (point)
Civil Parish WADDESDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Apr 26 2026 5:48PM

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