Monument record 0288700000 - PRINCE'S MILL, CORES END

Summary

Medieval and post-medieval watermill, in use as a paper mill in eighteenth and nineteenth century and closed in 1922.

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Type and Period (2)

  • PAPER MILL (18th Century to Modern - 1700 AD to 1999 AD)
  • WATERMILL (Medieval to Modern - 1066 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

8 MILLS ON WOOBURN MANOR, 1086. OLIVER DEYNCOURT HELD 4, EARLY C13 (B1).
PRINCE'S MILL MARKED ON MAPS AT NGR (B2-3).
REF TO MILL 1705 (B4).
MILL ALSO KNOWN AS FULLER'S MILL & JACKSON'S UPPER MILL. HAD IRON BREAST WHEEL OF 2.5M TREAD (B5).
CLOSED 1922 (B6).
MILLERS & OWNERS 1778-1896 (B7-9).
Detailed historical notes and 1930s condition. Only foundations remain in 2006 (B10).

Sources (11)

  • <1>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. pp107,109.
  • <2>SBC6714 Map: Thomas Jefferys. 1770. [Map of] The County of Buckingham. Printed map. Linen. 1 inch:1 mile.
  • <3>XYSBC10159 Map: OS 1875/83 6 INCH MAP (1ST EDIT). [Mapped feature: #30164 ]
  • <4>SBC11501 Bibliographic reference: PAPER 19 JAN 1981 (ARTICLE BY G J MANDE).
  • <5>SBC5456 Unpublished document: Stanley Freese. 1946. Freese manuscript notes on windmills and watermills of Bucks.
  • <6>SBC9327 Verbal communication: MR L J MAYES.
  • <7>SBC14543 Bibliographic reference: SHORTER A H 1957 PAPER MILLS & PAPER MAKERS IN ENG LAND, 1495-1800 P143.
  • <8>SBC14545 Article in serial: A H Shorter. 1960. 'PAPER MILLS IN THE WYE VALLEY', IN PAPERMAKER & BRITISH PAPER TRADE JOURNAL, OCT, P55.
  • <9>SBC2612 Unpublished document: Pauline Cauvain. 1976/1977. 'Wye Valley Watermills' (Oxford University Extra-Mural Certificate in Archaeology Dissertation).
  • <10>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. pp161-162.
  • <11>SBC28378 Article in serial: County Museum Archaeological Group. 1982. 'Buckinghamshire Watermills' in Records of Buckinghamshire 24, pp34-45. Vol 24. p45 (F).

Location

Grid reference SU 90104 87372 (point)
Civil Parish WOOBURN, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jun 25 2026 6:58PM

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