Building record 0284200000 - TOWN MILL, PREBEND END

Dimensions - Length 38m, Width 10m.
'Fulling Mill' marked on Jefferys' and Bryant's county maps in 1788 & 1825 approx at NGR (B1).
OS marks 'Town Mills (Corn)' at NGR (B2).
Directory entries suggest ceased using water power c.1911 (B5).
Mid-C19 mill building survives, converted to provide accomodation for University of Buckingham. Machinery gone (B4).
Detailed historical notes and 1930s condition. Was part of a factory in 2006 (B6).
At the heart of the University of Buckingham's campus is the Tanlaw Mill (originally called the Town Mill), which occupies the site of an ancient mill mentioned in the Doomsday Book. Speed's map of 1610 indicates a mill on this site, as does Jeffery's map of 1770 where it is described as a fulling mill. By the late 19th century the mill was in the ownership of the Bucks Direct Dairy Supply Company, who also owned the Chandos Road Buildings and was used as a cornmill. In 1981 the University of Buckingham purchased and converted the building. This is a local building of note within the Conservation Area of Buckingham (B7).
Town Mill had two large water wheels driving six pairs of stones. A datestone on the east wall 'WK 1782' relates to William King, a miller and dyer. On Jefferys' map the mill is marked as a fulling mill, suggesting that William King had fulling stocks for finishing cloth, as well as millstones for grinding corn (B8).