Monument record 0284300000 - MILL FARM, BEACHAMPTON

Summary

Site of medieval to post-medieval watermill. Established by 1285 and abandoned in 1768 or after. Possibly the site of a Domesday Mill.

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WATERMILL (11th Century to 18th Century - 1000 AD to 1799 AD)

Description

The Domesday Book notes that in Beachampton (in Rowley Hundred) Hugh holds 5 hides of lands from Walter Giffard as one manor. The holding consists of land for 5 ploughs; in lordship 2. 5 villagers with 9 smallholders have 3 ploughs; 1 slave; 1 mill at 10s, meadow for 2 ploughs. Total value £4; when acquired 30s; before 1066 £4 10s. Alric, King Edward's man and thane, had held this manor (B7).
2 WATERMILLS MENTIONED 1285, 1593. WATERMILL CALLED UPPER MILNE CONVEYED WITH MANOR 1609 (B4).
RBT THE MILLER OF BEACHAMPTON MENTIONED C1250 (B5).
1 WATERMILLER MENTIONED 1798 (B2).
MAP 1788 MARKS WATERMILL AT APPROX NGR (B1).
OS C1814 MARKS BEACHAMPTON MILL FARM BUT NO WATERMILL, AT APPROX NGR (B3).
POSSIBLE MILL LEAT & ASSOCIATED FEATURES VISIBLE ON AP (B6).
Detailed historical notes and 1930s condition. Mill Farm still existed in 2006 (B8).

SP 775380 Water Mill established on this site by 1285 and abandoned in 1768 or after. Possibly the site of a Domesday mill (B9).

Sources (10)

<1>SBC6714 Map: Thomas Jefferys. 1770. [Map of] The County of Buckingham. Printed map. Linen. 1 inch:1 mile.
<2>SBC1606 Monograph: Ian Beckett (ed). 1985. 'The Buckinghamshire Posse Comitatus 1798', Bucks Record Society No.22. Vol 22.
<3>SBC10527 Map: OS C1814 2IN DRAFT MAP.
<4>SBC20463 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1927. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume IV. Volume 4. p151.
<5>SBC6811 Bibliographic reference: JENKINS JG (ED) 1945 CARTULARY OF SNELSHALL PRIORY IN BUCKSRECORDSOC"9P45(CHARTER125)".
<6>SBC10272 Verbal communication: Andrew Pike (BCM). INFORMATION FROM OS 1880/85 6 INCH MAP, 1ST & SUBSEQUENT EDITIONS AND AIR PHOTO NMR SP7738/1/65 (14 AUG 1975).
<7>SBC4271 Bibliographic reference: John Morris (ed). 1978. Domesday Book: Buckinghamshire. 14, 31:.
<8>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. pp22-23.
<9>SBC28378 Article in serial: County Museum Archaeological Group. 1982. 'Buckinghamshire Watermills' in Records of Buckinghamshire 24, pp34-45. Vol 24.
<10>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE). Update 1997.

Location

Grid reference	SP 775 380 (point)
Civil Parish	BEACHAMPTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jun 4 2026 10:29AM