Monument record 0454400000 - MEDMENHAM MILL

Summary

Historical records of twelfth to twentieth century mill

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Type and Period (2)

  • FULLING MILL (14th Century - 1300 AD to 1399 AD)
  • WATERMILL (12th Century to Modern - 1100 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

MEDMENHAM MILL INCLUDED IN ORIGINAL GRANT TO WOBURN ABBEY IN STEPHEN'S REIGN. REF TO A FULLING MILL IN 1326. 1ST GRANT OF 1553 TO WM RICE INCLUDED ALL MILLS & IN 1595 2 MILLS ON MANOR LANDS. REF TO A MILL IN 1666 (B1). MILL STOOD WITHIN MANOR DEMESNE & FORMERLY FULLING MILL, LATER CORN (B2).
Detailed historical notes (B9).

Sources (10)

  • <1>SBC15610 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 3 P88.
  • <2>SBC12290 Bibliographic reference: PLAISTED A H 1925 MANOR & PARISH RECORDS OF MEDMENHAM PP321, 357-358.
  • <3>SBC6726 Map: JEFFERYS T 1788 MAP OF BUCKS/BRYANT A 1825 MAP OF BUCKS.
  • <4>SBC10165 Map: OS 1875/83 6-INCH MAP 1ST EDIT.
  • <5>SBC1604 Bibliographic reference: BECKETT I F W 1985 THE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE POSSE COMITATUS 1798, BUCKSREC-ORDSOCIETYNO22,P248"".
  • <6>SBC6613 Bibliographic reference: INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY RECORD CARD 23 83 10.
  • <7>SBC7048 Bibliographic reference: Kelly's Directories Ltd. 1887. KELLY'S DIRECTORY OF BUCKS UP TO 1887.
  • <8>SBC5553 Bibliographic reference: GADSDEN & TREHERNE, OSBORN & MERCER 1895 THE DANESFIELD ESTATE ON THE BANKS OF THE THAMES NEAR HEN.
  • <9>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.137-138.
  • <10>SBC23272 Bibliographic reference: Wycombe District Council. 2002. Medmenham Conservation Area Character Survey.

Location

Grid reference SU 80820 84390 (point)
Civil Parish MEDMENHAM, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Dec 21 2011 7:18PM

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