Monument record 0285800000 - PARK MILL

Summary

Remains of post-medieval watermill, probably on site of mill recorded in Domesday book.

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Type and Period (2)

  • WATERMILL (Medieval to Modern - 1066 AD to 1939 AD?)
  • (Former Type) CORN MILL (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

1788, 1814 & 1825 'PARK MILL' MARKED APPROX AT NGR (B1).
DOMESDAY BOOK & 1798 MS 2 MILLS AT PRINCES RISBOROUGH (B2 & B4).
'PARK MILL (CORN)' MARKED AT NGR (B3).
DIRECTORY ENTRIES SUGGEST MILL CEASED WORKING C.1939 (B5).
PHOTOGRAPHED IN 1938 (B6).
Mill building converted into a house (B7).
Detailed historical notes and 1930s condition. Working in 2006 (B8).

Sources (8)

  • <1>SBC6729 Map: JEFFERYS T 1788 MAP OF BUCKS/OS 1814 2 DRAFTMAP/BRYANTA1825MAPOFBUCKS".
  • <2>SBC12410 Bibliographic reference: POSSE COMITATUS 1798 (MS AT BRO: L/P/15&16)..
  • <3>SBC10192 Map: OS 1877/85 1:10560 MAP:FIRST EDITION.
  • <4>SBC20461 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1908. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume II. Volume 2. p265.
  • <5>SBC6993 Bibliographic reference: Kelly's Directories Ltd. 1939. KELLY'S DIRECTORY OF BUCKS -1939.
  • <6>SBC5451 Photograph: FREESE S (COPY OF PHOTO AT BCM).
  • <7>SBC19622 Bibliographic reference: Sandy Macfarlane & Chris Kingham. 1997. Princes Risborough Past. p9, Plate 18.
  • <8>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.123.

Location

Grid reference SP 7988 0339 (point)
Civil Parish PRINCES RISBOROUGH, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jun 3 2022 6:39PM

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