Building record 0286600000 - SAWMILL HOUSE, WEST WYCOMBE PARK

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Documentary records of medieval and post-medieval watermills in West Wycombe.

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Type and Period (1)

WATERMILL (14th Century to 15th Century - 1300 AD to 1499 AD)

Description

3 MILLS IN MANOR OF WICUMBE RECORDED IN DOMESDAY (B1).
1311 2 MILLS AT WEST WYCOMBE MENTIONED. 1400 MENTION OF 'PIT MILL' & 1457 'MARGERY MILL' RENTED BY JOHN PUSSEY (B6).
TRANSCRIPTION OF PIPE ROLLS OF THE BISHOPRIC OF WINCHESTER 1301-1302 REFERS TO A WATERMILL. WHETHER IT IS REFERRING TO THIS WATERMILL IS UNCLEAR (B9).
NO DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE FOR ORIGINS & USES. ANCIENT RIVER COURSE NOW DRY DUE TO MODERN RIVER DIVERSION. ENTRANCE TO MILL RACE VISIBLE BUT NO WHEEL OR MACHINERY (B7).
Mill doesn't appear to be shown on 1698-1710 estate map, on 1752 Jolivet's map or on 1767 Richardson's map. Present mill buildings erected in 1770s. Possible that there wasn't a medieval or early post-medieval mill on the site prior to the late 18th century (B12-14).
Detailed historical notes and 1930s condition. Was dismantled by 2006 (B15).

Sources (15)

<1>SBC4271 Bibliographic reference: John Morris (ed). 1978. Domesday Book: Buckinghamshire.
<2>SBC7309 Bibliographic reference: LANGLEY T 1797 HISTORY & ANTIQUITIES OF THE HUNDRE D OF DESBOROUGH P320.
<3>SBC10088 Map: OS 1812 2 INCH DRAFT MAP.
<4>SBC16512 Map: WEST WYCOMBE TITHE MAP 1849 (PRO KEW, IR/29/3/130) TRACING AT BCM.
<5>SBC10129 Map: OS 1874/85 1:10560 1ST EDITION MAP.
<6>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. p139.
<7>SBC2614 Bibliographic reference: CAUVAIN P 1976/77 WYE VALLEY WATER MILLS (OXFORD E XTRA MURAL CERT COURSE IN ARCHAEOLOGY DISSERTATIO.
<8>SBC3604 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1973. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE: WYCOMBE DISTRICT: BOROUGH OF HIGH WYCOMBE.
<9>SBC11488 Bibliographic reference: PAGE M (ED) (1996) PIPE ROLLS OF THE BISHOPRIC OF WINCHESTER 1301-1302, HANTS RECORD SOCIETY 14, WES.
<10>SBC20253 Unpublished document: Herbert Green. 1980s?. Notes on buildings in West Wycombe manor recorded in medieval accounts of Bishop of Winchester.
<11>SBC19209 Bibliographic reference: National Trust. 1999. Annual Archeological Review No. 7 1998-99.
<12>SBC19995 Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2001. West Wycombe Park Buckinghamshire - Part 1: Site History and Introduction. 1. pp 7-8,19,Fig 3-5.
<13>SBC19996 Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2001. West Wycombe Park Buckinghamshire - Part II: The Earthwork Surveys. 2. pp 62,63,104, plates 23,24.
<14>SBC19998 Graphic material: English Heritage. 2000. West Wycombe Park: detailed plans of Pleasure Grounds, Wider Parkland and Church Hill. 1:2500. Fig 16 'C'.
<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. p139.

Location

Grid reference	SU 83730 94150 (point)
Civil Parish	HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire