Monument record 0176601001 - WEIRHOUSE MILL

Summary

Historic records of Weirhouse Mill being used as a papermill in the eighteenth century and a cornmill in the nineteenth

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Type and Period (2)

  • (Former Type) PAPER MILL (18th Century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)
  • (Former Type) CORN MILL (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

1788 MAP PAPER MILL APPROX AT NGR (BI2). OLD PAPER MILL, AT NGR (BI6). SUN FIRE INSURANCE NO 696077, 1799 (BI8). NO MACHINERY REMAINS. USED AS OFFICES BY MCMINN & CO (BI9). A FLOUR & PAPER MILL. BY THE 1860S PAPERMAKING HAD CEASED AT WEIR HOUSE; IT CONTINUED IN USE AS A FLOUR MILL. LAST MILLER DIED 1936 (BI10,12)

Sources (12)

  • <1>SBC4271 Bibliographic reference: John Morris (ed). 1978. Domesday Book: Buckinghamshire.
  • <2>SBC6714 Map: Thomas Jefferys. 1770. [Map of] The County of Buckingham. Printed map. Linen. 1 inch:1 mile.
  • <3>SBC1967 Map: Andrew Bryant. 1825. Map of the County of Buckinghamshire. Printed map. Linen. 1.5 inches:1 mile.
  • <4>SBC10116 Map: OS 1873/1883 1:10560 MAP,1ST EDITION.
  • <5>SBC15696 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 3 PP204,214.
  • <6>SBC11049 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SP90 SE24,JAN 1960,FILED.
  • <7>SBC3579 Bibliographic reference: DOE 1973 LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURA L OR HISTORIC INTEREST; BUCKS SP90 SE 5/113-114.
  • <8>SBC14969 Bibliographic reference: SUNLIFE INSURANCE CO (PER SHORTER A H PAPER MILLS & PAPER MAKERS IN ENGLAND 1495-1800).
  • <9>SBC12154 Bibliographic reference: PIKE A R MARCH 1984 FIELD VISIT.
  • <10>SBC1719 Bibliographic reference: BIRCH C 1974 BOOK OF CHESHAM P67.
  • <11>SBC6981 Bibliographic reference: Kelly's Directories Ltd. KELLY'S DIRECTORY OF BUCKS (TO 1935).
  • <12>SBC4708 Article in serial: M Everett. 1993. 'CHESHAM TOWN MUSEUM PROJECT', IN JOURNAL OF THE CHESS VALLEY ARCH & HIST SOCIETY1993 PP23-26.

Location

Grid reference SP 97390 00260 (point)
Civil Parish CHESHAM, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: (EBC14138)

Record last edited

Nov 16 2017 12:56PM

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