Monument record 0285600000 - CULVERTON MILL

Summary

Fourteenth to nineteenth century records of watermill

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  • WATERMILL (14th Century to 19th Century - 1300 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

1788,1814 &1825 WATERMILL MARKED AT NGR (B1-3).
1877/85 'CULVERTON MILL (CORN)' AT NGR (B4).
C14 1ST MENTION - SETTLEMENT BETWEEN HUGH OF CULVERTON & JOHN DE FOXLE. C17 WATERMILL PASSED WITH MANOR (B5).
DIRECTORIES SUGGEST MILL CEASED WORKING C.1939 (B6).
MILL ENTIRELY GONE, NOW HOUSING & FACTORY (B7).
Detailed historical notes, 1930s condition and photograph. Working in 2006 (B10).

Sources (10)

  • <1>SBC6714 Map: Thomas Jefferys. 1770. [Map of] The County of Buckingham. Printed map. Linen. 1 inch:1 mile.
  • <2>SBC10091 Map: OS 1814 2-INCH DRAFT MAP.
  • <3>SBC1967 Map: Andrew Bryant. 1825. Map of the County of Buckinghamshire. Printed map. Linen. 1.5 inches:1 mile.
  • <4>SBC10189 Map: OS 1877/85 1:10560 MAP 1ST EDITION.
  • <5>SBC20461 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1908. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume II. Volume 2. p265.
  • <6>SBC6993 Bibliographic reference: Kelly's Directories Ltd. 1939. KELLY'S DIRECTORY OF BUCKS -1939.
  • <7>SBC11998 Verbal communication: Andrew Pike (BCM). 1983. PERS COMM FOLLOWING FIELD VISIT, AUG 1983.
  • <8>SBC12380 Bibliographic reference: POSSE COMITATUS 1798 (MS AT BRO L/P/15&16).
  • <9>SBC7406 Bibliographic reference: LETTER & NOTE FROM W R PRYER, AUG 1981 (FILED).
  • <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. pp.121-122.

Location

Grid reference SP 80180 02590 (point)
Civil Parish PRINCES RISBOROUGH, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Nov 26 2023 1:53PM

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