Monument record 0213301000 - 550M ENE OF ROOKERY FARM

Summary

Historical records of a windmill in the fifteenth century

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Type and Period (1)

  • WINDMILL (15th Century - 1400 AD to 1499 AD)

Description

REF TO WINDMILL IN MID C15 (BUT SEE ALSO CASS 00246)(B3).
MOUND AT NGR PROBABLY A MILL MOUND (SEE 00:000), WELL KNOWN LOCALLY: 'RUN ROUND 9 TIMES & DEVIL WILL APPEAR'. LACK OF HIGH GROUND IN THE AREA MAKES THE CHOICE OF SITE RELATIVELY UNIMPORTANT (B1-2).

Sources (4)

  • ---SBC17625 Aerial Photograph: 23/01/76. CSS 216.3391. SP\670181. Yes.
  • <1>SBC5613 Photograph: GEORGE MR W & FARLEY M E SEPT 1974 & 1977 FIELD VISIT (& SEE PHOTO FILED & BRITISH GAS A/P JAN 1976).
  • <2>SBC10695 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SP 61 NE 13, FEB 1977 (FILED).
  • <3>SBC20463 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1927. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume IV. Volume 4. p70.

Location

Grid reference SP 66780 17990 (point)
Civil Parish LUDGERSHALL, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: (EBC13960)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC142)

Record last edited

Oct 26 2024 11:51AM

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