Monument record 0288301000 - CLAPTON MILLS

Summary

Eighteenth to nineteenth century records of wire mill

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Type and Period (2)

  • WIRE MILL (18th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD to 1899 AD)
  • WATERMILL (18th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

1788 MAP 'WIRE MILLS' APPROX AT NGR (B1).
1825 MAP 'CLAPTON MILLS' (2) APPROX AT NGR (B2).
EXTENSIVE PREMISES ONCE USED FOR WIRE MANUFACTURE, LATER PAPER & NOW ELECTRO-PLATED WARE (F HIGGINS). EMPLOYS 200 (B3 ).
2 MILLS (CLAPTON MILLS) ON ADJACENT SITES. NO REMAINS OF EITHER (B9).
'W V 1818' STILL ON ARCH (B11).

Sources (11)

  • <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SBC5462 Unpublished document: Stanley Freese. 1946.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).

Location

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

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Nov 26 2023 2:58PM

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