Monument record 0288300000 - CLAPTON MILLS

Summary

Documentary history of medieval and post-medieval watermills.

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Type and Period (1)

  • 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 (13)

  • <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>SBC14495 Bibliographic reference: SHEAHAN P915.
  • <4>SBC15646 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 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>SBC5462 Unpublished document: Stanley Freese. 1946. WINDMILLS & WATERMILLS OF BUCKS (MANUSCRIPT NOTES).
  • <8>SBC14548 Article in serial: SHORTER A H OCT 1960 PAPER MILLS IN THE WYE VALLEY IN PAPERMAKER&BRITISHPAPERTRADEJOURNALP54"".
  • <9>SBC2613 Bibliographic reference: CAUVAIN P 1976/1977 WYE VALLEY WATERMILLS (OXFORD EXTRA-MURAL CERT.COURSE IN ARCHAEOLOGY DISSERTATIO.
  • <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. pp.157-158.
  • <13>SBC23242 Bibliographic reference: Wycombe District Council. 1995. Clapton Mill Conservation Area Character Survey.

Location

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

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Record last edited

Nov 26 2023 2:57PM

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