Monument record 0284400000 - DEEP MILL, S OF GREAT MISSENDEN

Summary

Site of thirteenth to nineteenth century Deep Mill watermill known from historic records.

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Type and Period (2)

(Former Type) WATERMILL (13th Century to 19th Century - 1200 AD to 1899 AD)
(Alternate Type) CORN MILL (13th Century to 19th Century - 1200 AD? to 1899 AD)

Description

JEFFERYS' 1788 MAP MARKS 'DEEP MILL' (WATERMILL), BRYANT'S 1825 MAP MARKS 'LITTLE MISSENDEN MILL' (B1,B3).
1798 POSSE COMITATUS RECORDS 1 WATERMILLER - JOHN STONE, AT GREAT MISSENDEN (B2).
OS MAP MARKS 'DEEP MILL (CORN)' (B4).
MILL SEEMS TO HAVE BELONGED, UNTIL THE DISSOLUTION, TO MISSENDEN ABBEY. GRANTED IN 1545 TO RICHARD AND ROBERT TAVERNER. IN 1610 GRANTED TO DAVID FOWLES. LATER DESCENDED WITH GREAT MISSENDEN MANOR (B5).
MILL CEASED WORKING C.1887 (B6).
NO REMAINS: PROBABLY DESTROYED BY BUILDING OF RAILWAY (B7).
EARLY 13TH CENTURY CHARTER OF MISSENDEN ABBEY RECORDS ANNUAL RENT OF 6D FOR THE MILLPOND (B8).
Detailed historical notes, 1930s condition and photograph. Being used as a house in 2006 (B9).
Assesment of the site recommended (B10).

Sources (10)

<1>SBC6714 Map: Thomas Jefferys. 1770. [Map of] The County of Buckingham. Printed map. Linen. 1 inch:1 mile.
<2>SBC12386 Bibliographic reference: POSSE COMITATUS 1798 (MS AT BRO REF L/P/15-16).
<3>SBC1967 Map: Andrew Bryant. 1825. Map of the County of Buckinghamshire. Printed map. Linen. 1.5 inches:1 mile.
<4>SBC10120 Map: OS 1874/1883 1:10560 MAP (1ST EDITION).
<5>SBC20461 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1908. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume II. Volume 2. p350.
<6>SBC6940 Bibliographic reference: KELLY'S DIRECTORIES OF BUCKS (TO 1887).
<7>SBC5288 Bibliographic reference: FIELD VISIT A.R.PIKE,FEB.1978.
<8>SBC6757 Bibliographic reference: JENKINS J G (ED) 1938 CARTULARY OF MISSENDEN ABBEY PT.1 IN BUCKSRECORDSOC2P69,CHARTER68".
<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. pp.195-196.
<10>SBC20011 Unpublished document: Archaeological Services & Consultancy Ltd. 2001. Chilterns Chalk Streams Project: Chess & Misbourne Valleys - Archaeological Assessment.

Location

Grid reference	SU 9085 9950 (point)
Civil Parish	LITTLE MISSENDEN, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish	GREAT MISSENDEN, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire