Monument record 0287501000 - LATIMER MILL

Summary

Possible site of post-medieval watermill in Latimer, demolished in the eighteenth century.

Protected Status/Designation

  • SHINE: Neolithic to Bronze Age round barrow cropmarks

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Type and Period (2)

  • (Former Type) WATERMILL (Post-Medieval to 18th Century - 1540 AD? to 1799 AD)
  • SAW MILL (19th Century to Modern - 1800 AD? to 1999 AD)

Description

SAWMILL ON OS MAP, 1877 (B1).
SAWMILL STILL OPERATES AT SITE, 1978 (B4).
LATIMER MILL WAS DEMOLISHED C.1763 (REPRODUCES ACCOUNT OF MILL BY JOHN LARKIN FROM 1757-1774) (B5).

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC10612 Map: OS MAP FIRST EDITION 1877.
  • <4>SBC5298 Verbal communication: 1978. FIELD VISIT K EDMONDS AND J FIELDING 1978.
  • <5>SBC4708 Article in serial: M Everett. 1993. 'CHESHAM TOWN MUSEUM PROJECT', IN JOURNAL OF THE CHESS VALLEY ARCH & HIST SOCIETY1993 PP23-26.

Location

Grid reference SU 9979 9860 (point)
Civil Parish LATIMER, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish CHENIES, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC13644)

Record last edited

Nov 4 2024 2:55PM

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