Monument record 0289600000 - EDLESBOROUGH MILLS

The Domesday book notes 2 mills worths 15s 4d belonging the the manor of Eddinberge (B1).
The Calender of Inquisitions Post Mortem of 1270 mentions a mill (B15) and, in 1278, an assize was called 'atte the mill of Edlesborough' (B4).
The Court Roll of 1411 mentions 'raising the bank at Rufford's Mill' (B13).
Maps from 1788 (B2) and 1825 (B3) show a watermill at the location.
The Victorian County History of Bucks of 1925 notes that steam is employed when insufficient water prevents waterpower being utilised, and that the sails of the old windmill were blown down in 1895 (B6).
In 1932, Smith describes the windmill as being made of circular brick with ogee cap, but that it has no sails and is derelict (B7).
1939 Kelly's Directory suggests that the mill stopped working 1932 (B12).
In 1969, the complex was described as containing the remains of the empty shell of a tower mill, the remains of an auxilliary steam powered mill and a watermill. The watermill is noted as extremely derelict. It was of the overshot type, 12ft O/D, and drove three pairs of stones which survived with much of the driving system (B8).
The windmill is described as derelict again in 1976 (B9).
A site visit in 1977 revealed that the water and windmills have been coverted to houses. The wooden building at the eastern end of the complex, which once housed the steam engine, remained standing but was derelict (B11).
Kenneth Reid shows a sketch of 'Bellows Mill, Edlesborough' dating from 1930 (B17).
Photographs in the Underhill Collection at the Ashmolean Museum (B16).
Detailed historical notes and 1930s condition. Standing disused in 2006 (B18).