Monument record 0287901000 - HEDGE MILL

Summary

Site of seventeenth century to modern paper mill, now demolished

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Type and Period (2)

  • PAPER MILL (17th Century to Modern - 1600 AD to 1945 AD)
  • WATERMILL (13th Century to 18th Century - 1200 AD to 1799 AD)

Description

1788 'HEDGE MILL' APPROX AT NGR (B1).
FORMERLY A FULLING MILL (B2).
'HEDGE MILL (PAPER)' AT NGR (B3).
FORMERLY HOCHEDES MILL; AS HEDGE MILL ADAPTED TO PAPERMAKING IN C17 (B4).
SITE OF MILL STILL IN USE AS A PAPER MILL (G H HEDLEY LTD) (B5).
(DETAILS OF EXTANT BLDGS & MACHINERY) (B6).
ED SPICER HERE, 1690 (B7).
Detailed historical notes and 1930s condition. Power-driven factory in 2006 (B8).

Sources (8)

  • <1>SBC6714 Map: Thomas Jefferys. 1770. [Map of] The County of Buckingham. Printed map. Linen. 1 inch:1 mile.
  • <2>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. p129.
  • <3>XYSBC10145 Map: OS 1875/1883 1:10560 MAP, 1ST EDITION. [Mapped feature: #30147 ]
  • <4>SBC628 Bibliographic reference: L J Ashford. 1960. The History of the Borough of High Wycome from its Origins to 1880. p41.
  • <5>SBC2612 Unpublished document: Pauline Cauvain. 1976/1977. 'Wye Valley Watermills' (Oxford University Extra-Mural Certificate in Archaeology Dissertation).
  • <6>SBC6600 Unpublished document: William D Woods. 1975. INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY RECORD CARD 23 55 03 (FILED ).
  • <7>SBC6461 Article in serial: HOUSE OF COMMONS JOURNAL 1799.
  • <8>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.156-157.

Location

Grid reference SU 90416 90160 (point)
Civil Parish WOOBURN, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish CHEPPING WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: National Record of Industrial Monuments (National Recording Project) (EBC18866)

Record last edited

Jun 25 2026 6:29PM

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