Monument record 0287502000 - LATIMER MILL

Summary

Possible site of medieval cornmill recorded in fourteenth century documents.

Protected Status/Designation

  • SHINE: Neolithic to Bronze Age round barrow cropmarks

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Type and Period (2)

  • (Former Type) WATERMILL (14th Century - 1300 AD to 1399 AD)
  • (Former Type) CORN MILL (14th Century - 1300 AD to 1399 AD)

Description

THERE WERE 2 MILLS ON LATIMER MANOR, 1 A CORN MILL, LEASED AT 60S IN 1323. NO MENTION AFTER 1335 (B2).
LATIMER MILL NOW REPRESENTED BY THE NEPTUNE WATERFALL (REFERENCES TO TENANTS OF MILL)(B3).
SITE PRESUMED TO BE IN AREA OF NGR WHERE A SAWMILL (ORIGINALLY WATERPOWERED) NOW OPERATES (B4).

Sources (3)

  • <2>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. p214.
  • <3>SBC1843 Bibliographic reference: BRANIGAN K 1971 PP193.
  • <4>SBC5298 Verbal communication: 1978. FIELD VISIT K EDMONDS AND J FIELDING 1978.

Location

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

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  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC13644)

Record last edited

Nov 4 2024 2:55PM

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