Monument record 0288500000 - LOWER GLORY/WOOBURN MILL

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Documentary history of medieval and post-medieval watermill.

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  • WATERMILL (Medieval to 18th Century - 1066 AD to 1799 AD)

Description

8 MILLS ON WOOBURN MANOR, 1086. EARLY C13 OLIVER DEYNCOURT HELD AT LEAST 4. WATER CORNMILL, WORTH 20S P.A. IN 1422 & OTHER MILLS NAMED IN TRANSFER OF BERTIE ESTATE IN 1784. SDR FRANCIS GOODWIN'S CHARITY, FOUNDED 1631, CONSISTS OF RENT CHARGE OF #20 P.A. ISSUING OUT OF LOWER GLORY MILLS FOR VICAR (B1).
Detailed historical notes and 1930s condition. Derelict in 2006 (B6)

Sources (6)

  • <1>SBC15643 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 3 PP106, 109, 112.
  • <2>SBC6725 Map: JEFFERYS T 1788 MAP OF BUCKS/ OS C1822 2 INCH DRAF T MAP/ OS 1875/83 6 INCH MAP (1ST EDIT) & SUBSEQU.
  • <3>SBC14546 Article in serial: SHORTER A H 1960 PAPER MILLS IN THE WYE VALLEY, PAPERMAKER & BRITISH PAPER TRADE JOURNAL, OCT P54.
  • <4>SBC2005 Article in serial: BUCKS ADVERTISER, 26 MARCH 1853 & 23 APRIL 1853.
  • <5>SBC2628 Bibliographic reference: CAUVAIN P WYE VALLEY WATER MILLS (OXFORD EXTRA-MUR AL CERT. COURSE IN ARCHAEOLOGY DISSERTATION 1976/.
  • <6>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.159-160.

Location

Grid reference SU 91600 88950 (point)
Civil Parish WOOBURN, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jul 8 2008 3:31PM

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