Monument record 0285500000 - BROUGHTON MILL

Summary

Historic records of medieval to post-medieval watermill

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Type and Period (2)

  • WATERMILL (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD)
  • HORSE WHEEL (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Length 0020 m Width 0005
2 MILLS AT BIERTON, 1 HORSE, 1 WATER (B3).
DOMESDAY MILL MENTIONED AT BROUGHTON (B4).
MILL OF 2 STOREYS & ATTIC. MACHINERY INTACT 1949 (B5).
EARLY C19 HORSE WHEEL FOR CORN IN SCIENCE MUSEUM, LONDON (B6).
ALL MACHINERY REMOVED 1950'S WHEN BUILDING CONVERTED INTO HOUSE. MILL LEAT TRACEABLE (B8).
Detailed historical notes and 1930s condition. Standing disused in 2006 (B10).

Sources (10)

  • <1>SBC1967 Map: Andrew Bryant. 1825. Map of the County of Buckinghamshire. Printed map. Linen. 1.5 inches:1 mile.
  • <2>SBC10180 Map: OS 1877/84 1:10560 1ST EDITION MAP.
  • <3>SBC13284 Article in serial: RECS OF BUCKS 1856 1 P234 (CITING DOCUMENT OF 1280 ORDAINING A VICARAGE AT BIERTON-WITH QUARRENDON ,.
  • <4>SBC20461 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1908. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume II. Volume 2. p324.
  • <5>SBC4266 Bibliographic reference: DoE (Ministry of Housing & Local Government). 1949. PROVISIONAL LIST OF BUILDINGS OF ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST.
  • <6>SBC4547 Bibliographic reference: Joan Elding. ELDING MISS J (CMAG) SEPT 1983.
  • <7>SBC6804 Article in serial: J G Jenkins (editor). 1962. 'THE CARTULARY OF MISSENDEN ABBEY, PART 3', IN BUCKS RECORD SOCIETY 12. Vol 12. pp17,22 & Charters 563,570.
  • <8>SBC497 Bibliographic reference: ARMSTRONG MRS P, TO PIKE A R & PIKE A R,OCT 1983,FIELD VISIT.
  • <9>SBC5194 Article in serial: Mary Farnell. 1982. 'The Account Books of William Cooper, Millwright of Aylesbury', in Records of Buckinghamshire 24 pp118-124. Vol 24.
  • <10>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. p.111.

Location

Grid reference SP 84330 13700 (point)
Civil Parish BIERTON WITH BROUGHTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: (EBC13507)

Record last edited

Oct 10 2024 6:41PM

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