Monument record 0286700000 - FRANCIS MILL

Summary

Eleventh to twentieth century records of Francis watermill

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Type and Period (1)

  • WATERMILL (Medieval to Modern - 1066 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

DOMESDAY 3 MILLS - MANOR OF WICUMBE (B1).
1788 'FRANCIS MILL' SHOWN APPROX AT NGR (B3).
1849 'HOUSE MILL & GARDEN' SHOWN APPROX AT NGR (B5).
OS MARKS 'CORNMILL' AT NGR - THEN IN WEST WYCOMBE (B6).
FRANCIS OR UPPER MILL. KNOWN OCCUPIED 1681-1872. ONLY WEIR & ASSOCIATED NAME OF MILL END ROAD REMAINING (B9).
SEEMS CHANGED TO STEAM C.1903 (B10).
Historical notes (B13).

Sources (13)

  • <1>SBC4271 Bibliographic reference: John Morris (ed). 1978. Domesday Book: Buckinghamshire.
  • <2>SBC16507 Map: WEST WYCOMBE ESTATE MAP 1698 (WITH SIR FRANCIS DAS HWOOD, W WYCOMBE PARK).
  • <3>SBC6714 Map: Thomas Jefferys. 1770. [Map of] The County of Buckingham. Printed map. Linen. 1 inch:1 mile.
  • <4>SBC12412 Bibliographic reference: POSSE COMITATUS 1798 (MS AT BRO:L/P/15 &16).
  • <5>SBC16511 Map: 1849. WEST WYCOMBE TITHE MAP 1849 (IN PRO, KEW. REF IR/29 /3/130).
  • <6>SBC10130 Map: OS 1874/85 1:10560 1ST EDITION MAP..
  • <7>SBC15483 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 3 P139.
  • <8>SBC14551 Bibliographic reference: SHORTER A H PAPER MILLS & PAPERMAKERS IN ENGLAND 1 495-1800..
  • <9>SBC2622 Bibliographic reference: CAUVAIN P 1976/77 WYE VALLEY WATERMILLS (OXFORD EX TRA-MURAL CERT.COURSE IN ARCHAEOLOGY DISSERTATION.
  • <10>SBC6988 Bibliographic reference: Kelly's Directories Ltd. KELLY'S DIRECTORY OF BUCKS -1903..
  • <11>SBC11488 Bibliographic reference: PAGE M (ED) (1996) PIPE ROLLS OF THE BISHOPRIC OF WINCHESTER 1301-1302, HANTS RECORD SOCIETY 14, WES.
  • <12>SBC20253 Unpublished document: Herbert Green. 1980s?. Notes on buildings in West Wycombe manor recorded in medieval accounts of Bishop of Winchester.
  • <13>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.139-140.

Location

Grid reference SU 84430 94000 (point)
Civil Parish HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC1421)

Record last edited

Oct 18 2013 12:14PM

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