Monument record 0288300000 - CLAPTON MILLS

Summary

Documentary history of medieval and post-medieval watermills.

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  • WATERMILL (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1798 AD?)

Description

8 mills valued at 104 shillings yearly stood on Wooburn Manor in 1086. Oliver Deyncourt held at least 4 of them in first half of 13th century (B4).
General history & description of mill (B5,B7).
(For later mill see 01:000 (wire drawing mill); 02:000 (paper mill); 03:000 (tarpaulin mill).
Detailed historical notes (B12).

Sources (15)

  • <1>SBC6714 Map: Thomas Jefferys. 1770. [Map of] The County of Buckingham. Printed map. Linen. 1 inch:1 mile.
  • <2>SBC1967 Map: Andrew Bryant. 1825. Map of the County of Buckinghamshire. Printed map. Linen. 1.5 inches:1 mile.
  • <3>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p915.
  • <4>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. pp106,109.
  • <5>SBC8498 Bibliographic reference: MENSINGER J MARCH 1975 THE INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY OF CLAPTON MILL (COPY IN HIGH WYCOMBE LIBRARY).SEE.
  • <6>SBC10145 Map: OS 1875/1883 1:10560 MAP, 1ST EDITION.
  • <7>SBC5456 Unpublished document: Stanley Freese. 1946. Freese manuscript notes on windmills and watermills of Bucks.
  • <8>SBC14548 Article in serial: A H Shorter. 1960. 'PAPER MILLS IN THE WYE VALLEY', IN PAPERMAKER & BRITISH PAPER TRADE JOURNAL P54.
  • <9>SBC2612 Unpublished document: Pauline Cauvain. 1976/1977. 'Wye Valley Watermills' (Oxford University Extra-Mural Certificate in Archaeology Dissertation).
  • <10>SBC2000 Article in serial: BUCKS ADVERTISER 7 APRIL 1855.
  • <11>SBC12369 Bibliographic reference: PLUCK MR D F, SEPT 1985 ( SEE HIS LETTER FILED).
  • <12>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. pp157-158.
  • <13>SBC23242 Bibliographic reference: Wycombe District Council. 1995. Clapton Mill Conservation Area Character Survey.
  • <14>SBC28378 Article in serial: County Museum Archaeological Group. 1982. 'Buckinghamshire Watermills' in Records of Buckinghamshire 24, pp34-45. Vol 24. p45 (A,B).
  • <15>SBC29554 Unpublished document: William D Woods. 1975. INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY RECORD CARD 23 55 01 (FILED ).

Location

Grid reference SU 91000 89970 (point)
Civil Parish WOOBURN, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Jun 25 2026 6:30PM

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