Monument record 0284700000 - THREE BRIDGE MILL

Summary

Thirteenth to twentieth century documentary references to watermill, surviving buildings

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WATERMILL (13th Century to Modern - 1200 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Length 17m, Width 7m.
1 mill worth 32 pennies recorded in Domesday manor of Prestone (B1).
1788, 1814, 1825 maps show 'Three Bridge Mill' approx at NGR (B2-4).
1798 Posse Comitatus records 1 watermill (B5).
Water corn mill (Three Bridge Mill) noted for sale in 1848 (B6).
Mill at NGR (B7).
Reference to a mill in Cowley in 1252 (B8-9).
Ceased using waterpower c.1920 (B10).
Buildings extant in 1982 (B11).
Detailed historical notes and 1930s condition. Mill was working in 2006 (B12).

Sources (12)

<1>SBC4271 Bibliographic reference: John Morris (ed). 1978. Domesday Book: Buckinghamshire.
<2>SBC6714 Map: Thomas Jefferys. 1770. [Map of] The County of Buckingham. Printed map. Linen. 1 inch:1 mile.
<3>SBC10095 Map: OS 1814 2 INCH DRAFT MAP.
<4>SBC1967 Map: Andrew Bryant. 1825. Map of the County of Buckinghamshire. Printed map. Linen. 1.5 inches:1 mile.
<5>SBC12390 Bibliographic reference: POSSE COMITATUS 1798 (MS AT BRO REF: L/P/15-16).
<6>SBC2011 Article in serial: BUCKS CHRONICLE 1 JULY 1848.
<7>SBC10216 Map: OS 1878/1885 1:10560 MAP,1ST EDITION (& SUBSEQUENT EDITIONS).
<8>SBC20463 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1927. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume IV. Volume 4. p217.
<9>SBC6479 Bibliographic reference: HUGHES M W ED 1940 FEET OF FINES FOR BUCKS INBUCKSRECORDSOCIETY4P98"".
<10>SBC6979 Bibliographic reference: Kelly's Directories Ltd. KELLY'S DIRECTORY OF BUCKS (TO 1920).
<11>SBC12021 Bibliographic reference: PIKE A R FEB 1982 FIELD VISIT.
<12>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.45-46.

Location

Grid reference	SP 67400 26800 (point)
Civil Parish	PRESTON BISSETT, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Oct 24 2024 7:35PM