Monument record 0289000000 - MARLOW/GOSENHAM MILLS

Summary

Records of eleventh to eighteenth century mills in Marlow

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Type and Period (3)

  • WATERMILL (11th Century to 18th Century - 1000 AD to 1799 AD)
  • FULLING MILL (15th Century - 1400 AD to 1499 AD)
  • OIL MILL (18th Century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)

Description

1 MILL WORTH 20s ON QUEEN MATHILDA'S DOMESDAY MANOR OF MARLOW (B1).
C13, ST THOMAS' HOSPITAL, SOUTHWARK, HAD 3 MILLS CALLED GOSENHAM MILLS AND FULLING MILL THERE BY 1403 (B2-3).
LELAND IN C16, AND DEFOE IN C18, MENTION THIMBLE & LINSEED OIL MILLS AND C.1700 LARGE-SCALE THIMBLE PRODUCTION BEGAN (B3-4).
Detailed historical notes, 1930s condition and photograph. Standing disused in 2006 (B12).

Sources (12)

  • <1>SBC4271 Bibliographic reference: John Morris (ed). 1978. Domesday Book: Buckinghamshire.
  • <2>SBC6796 Bibliographic reference: J G Jenkins (editor). 1962. 'CARTULARY OF MISSENDEN ABBEY, PART III', BUCKS RECORD SOCIETY 12 PP110-111 (CHARTER 705). Vol 12.
  • <3>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. pp74-75, 129.
  • <4>SBC16772 Bibliographic reference: WILSON, D G 1977 MAKING OF THE MIDDLE THAMES PP67- 70 (PHOTOCOPY FILED).
  • <5>SBC1609 Bibliographic reference: I F W Beckett (ed). 1985. 'THE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE POSSE COMITATUS 1798', BUCKS RECORD SOCIETY 22 PP231,233,248. Vol 22.
  • <6>SBC6714 Map: Thomas Jefferys. 1770. [Map of] The County of Buckingham. Printed map. Linen. 1 inch:1 mile.
  • <7>SBC10095 Map: OS 1814 2 INCH DRAFT MAP.
  • <8>SBC1967 Map: Andrew Bryant. 1825. Map of the County of Buckinghamshire. Printed map. Linen. 1.5 inches:1 mile.
  • <9>XYSBC10151 Map: OS 1875/82 6 INCH MAP (1ST EDITION). [Mapped feature: #30170 ]
  • <10>SBC20313 Article in serial: Edwin F Holmes. 1993. A forgotten BuckinghamshIre Industry: Thimble Making at Marlow.
  • <11>SBC16754 Bibliographic reference: D G Wilson. 1987. THE THAMES: RECORD OF A WORKING WATERWAY. pp21, 48.
  • <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.81-85.

Location

Grid reference SU 8550 8613 (point)
Civil Parish MARLOW, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Nov 26 2023 3:00PM

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