Monument record 0285100000 - DUNN MILL

Summary

Historical records of medieval to post-medieval watermill, mill house survives.

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  • WATERMILL (Medieval to Modern - 1066 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

1788, 1814, 1825 watermill at approx NGR (B1,B3-4).
1862 Dunn Mill worked also by steam (B5).
Suggests water power ceased c.1911 (B8).
1261 records of watermill in Whitchurch (B9).
Mill house remains converted into a private house. No machinery. Mill pond survives (B12).
Dunn Mill recorded in 1667. Overshot mill with 26' diameter wheel (B14).
Detailed historical notes, 1930s condition and photograph. Standing dismantled in 2006 (B15).

Sources (15)

  • <1>SBC6714 Map: Thomas Jefferys. 1770. [Map of] The County of Buckingham. Printed map. Linen. 1 inch:1 mile.
  • <2>SBC12424 Bibliographic reference: POSSE COMITATUS 1798(MS AT BRO;REF L/P/15&16).
  • <3>SBC10525 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1814?. 2-inch draft surveyors map.
  • <4>SBC1967 Map: Andrew Bryant. 1825. Map of the County of Buckinghamshire. Printed map. Linen. 1.5 inches:1 mile.
  • <5>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p775.
  • <6>SBC10223 Map: OS 1878/83 1:10560 1ST EDITION MAP.
  • <7>SBC6439 Bibliographic reference: J Holloway. 1889. TWO LECTURES ON THE HISTORY OF WHITCHURCH.
  • <8>SBC7015 Bibliographic reference: Kelly's Directories Ltd. KELLY'S DIRECTORY OF BUCKS 1883-1911.
  • <9>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. p446.
  • <10>SBC5464 Unpublished document: FREESE S 1946 WINDMILLS & WATERMILLS OF BUCKS (MS NOTES AT BRO).
  • <11>SBC22381 Index: CBA Industrial Archaeology Record Card 238312.
  • <12>SBC22382 Verbal communication: Andrew Pike (BCM). 1983. PIKE A R (BCM) PERS COMM AUGUST 1983.
  • <13>SBC8218 Unpublished document: Anne Marriott. 1984. Whitchurch Parish Survey. pp27-9.
  • <14>SBC22380 Bibliographic reference: Ian Beckett & Ron Adams. 1989. Whitchurch in Camera. pp61-2.
  • <15>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. pp101-104.

Location

Grid reference SP 79980 20300 (point)
Civil Parish WHITCHURCH, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Nov 4 2024 6:58PM

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