Monument record 0287100000 - TOWN MILL (OR LORDS MILL)

Summary

Eleventh to nineteenth century records of Town Mill, used as a paper-mill in the eighteenth century and a corn mill in the nineteenth

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  • Listed Building ()

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Type and Period (3)

  • PAPER MILL (18th Century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)
  • CORN MILL (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
  • WATERMILL (11th Century to 19th Century - 1000 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

Plan Form - L SHAPED
PERHAPS 1 OF 3 DOMESDAY MILLS IN AMERSHAM (B1).
LORDS MILL IN 1665 (B8).
PAPER MILL IN 1776 (B4).
CORN MILL IN 1878 (B5).
PRESENT 2-STOREY BUILDING DATES FROM C. 1700 WHEN NEW 'PITT WHEEL' & 'NEW STONE' PUT IN (B6,B9).
Detailed historical notes, 1930s condition and photograph. Disused in 2006 (B11).

Sources (15)

  • <1>SBC1410 Bibliographic reference: BCM CAS RECORD CARD 2871..
  • <2>SBC6714 Map: Thomas Jefferys. 1770. [Map of] The County of Buckingham. Printed map. Linen. 1 inch:1 mile.
  • <3>SBC1967 Map: Andrew Bryant. 1825. Map of the County of Buckinghamshire. Printed map. Linen. 1.5 inches:1 mile.
  • <4>SBC14552 Bibliographic reference: SHORTER A H PAPER MILLS AND PAPER MAKERS IN ENGLAND 1495-1800.
  • <5>SBC10507 Map: OS 6 INCH MAP 1878-1883 (1ST EDN)..
  • <6>SBC20466 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1912. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire Volume 1. Volume 1. p6.
  • <7>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. p142.
  • <8>SBC439 Article in serial: Anon. 1940. 'MILLING FARMING AND TIMBER AGREEMENTS AT AMERSHAM', IN RECS OF BUCKS 13. Vol 13. pp461-462.
  • <9>SBC11203 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SU 99 NE 15 (FILED).
  • <10>SBC19816 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1984. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Buckinghamshire: Chiltern District: Parishes of Amersham, Chesham Bois and Coleshill. p42.
  • <11>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.199-200.
  • <12>SBC28377 Unpublished document: 1950. Ministry of Local Government & Planning Ref. No.1880/11/A June 1950 No.21/83.
  • <13>SBC28375 Verbal communication: C F Wardale (Ordnance Survey Field Investigator). 1960. Field Investigators Comments - F1 CFW 12-JAN-60.
  • <14>SBC28378 Article in serial: County Museum Archaeological Group. 1982. 'Buckinghamshire Watermills' in Records of Buckinghamshire 24, 1982, p34-45.
  • <15>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference SU 95322 97531 (point)
Civil Parish AMERSHAM, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC13590)

Record last edited

Nov 17 2025 10:08AM

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