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 (I2-3). 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 (10)

<1>SBC15649 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 3 PP107, 109.
<2>SBC6714 Map: Thomas Jefferys. 1770. [Map of] The County of Buckingham. Printed map. Linen. 1 inch:1 mile.
<3>SBC10159 Map: OS 1875/83 6 INCH MAP (1ST EDIT).
<4>SBC11501 Bibliographic reference: PAPER 19 JAN 1981 (ARTICLE BY G J MANDE).
<5>SBC13857 Unpublished document: Stanley Freese. 1946. Manuscript notes on Bucks Windmills and Watermills.
<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>SBC2627 Bibliographic reference: CAUVAIN P WYE VALLEY WATER MILLS (OXFORD EXTRA-MU RAL CERT. COURSE IN ARCHAEOLOGY DISSERTATION, 197.
<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. pp.161-162.

Location

Grid reference	SU 90090 87360 (point)
Civil Parish	WOOBURN, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire