Monument record 0233500100 - PAPER MILL FARM

Summary

Probable site of watermill recorded from thirteenth to nineteenth century.

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  • WATERMILL (13th Century to 19th Century - 1200 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

(OTHER) DOMESDAY MILL, GT BRICKHILL- SWEWNES MILL (1251), OR ITS PREDECESSOR? PROBABLY STOOD ON RIVER OUZEL, SW OF PARISH, ON BOUNDARY WITH SOULBURY. IN C17, WAS 2 MILLS UNDER 1 ROOF? IN C18, REAPPEARS AS PAPERMILL - GIVES NAME TO PAPERMILL FARM (B5).
MENTIONED 1793 (B6); & 1798? - BUT SEE CASS 02001 (B2).
Detailed historical notes and 1930s condition. Slight foundations remain in 2006 (B9).

Sources (10)

  • <1>SBC6744 Map: JEFFREYS T 1788 MAP OF BUCKS.
  • <2>SBC12398 Bibliographic reference: POSSE COMITATUS 1798 (MS AT BRO, REF L/P/15&16).
  • <3>SBC10090 Map: OS 1813/14 DRAFT MAP (2IN).
  • <4>SBC1967 Map: Andrew Bryant. 1825. Map of the County of Buckinghamshire. Printed map. Linen. 1.5 inches:1 mile.
  • <5>SBC20463 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1927. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume IV. Volume 4. p294.
  • <6>SBC14534 Bibliographic reference: SHORTER A 1957 PAPER MILLS & PAPER MAKERS IN ENGLAN D 1495-1800 (PAMPHLET IN FILE L000 84 IN BUCKS COLLECTION, REF LIBRARY, AYLESBURY).
  • <7>SBC10391 Map: OS 1958 MAP (1:10560).
  • <8>SBC6695 Bibliographic reference: JACK R I (ED)1965 THE GREY OF RUTHIN,VALOR P111.
  • <9>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. p.57.
  • <10>SBC15913 Article in serial: 1940. HUGHES MW (ED) 1940 FEET OF FINES, BUCKS, IN BUCKS RECORD SOC 1940 4 P99.

Location

Grid reference SP 8919 2933 (point)
Civil Parish GREAT BRICKHILL, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Oct 26 2024 2:38PM

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