Monument record 0286200000 - BLEDLOW MILL, THE FORD

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Eighteenth and nineteenth century records of paper mill.

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  • PAPER MILL (18th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

'PAPER MILL' ON MAP OF 1788 & 'BLEDLOW MILL' ON 1825 MAP APPROX AT NGR (B1-2). MILL ACTUALLY IN SAUNDERTON, BUT ONLY 50M FROM BLEDLOW BOUNDARY (B3). 2 MILLS IN SAUNDERTON FOR PAPER & CORN (B4). RAGS PREPARED IN NORTH MILL (CASS02859) & BROUGHT HERE TO BE MADE INTO PAPER (B3). MARKED AT NGR (B5).

Sources (9)

  • <1>SBC6714 Map: Thomas Jefferys. 1770. [Map of] The County of Buckingham. Printed map. Linen. 1 inch:1 mile.
  • <2>SBC1967 Map: Andrew Bryant. 1825. Map of the County of Buckinghamshire. Printed map. Linen. 1.5 inches:1 mile.
  • <3>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p105.
  • <4>SBC7310 Bibliographic reference: LANGLEY T 1797 HISTORY & ANTIQUITIES OF THE HUNDRE D OF DESBOROUGH P371.
  • <5>SBC10196 Map: OS 1877/85 SIX-INCH MAP 1ST EDITION.
  • <6>SBC43 Verbal communication: Andrew Pike (BCM). 1983. Pers Comm, August 1983, following field visit.
  • <7>SBC2488 Bibliographic reference: CAS CARD 2862.
  • <8>SBC14973 Graphic material: SURVEY & PLAN BY MR WILFRED FOREMAN, OXFORD 1978 ( FILED).
  • <9>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.

Location

Grid reference SP 77880 04060 (point)
Civil Parish BLEDLOW-CUM-SAUNDERTON, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Oct 16 2024 8:09PM

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