Monument record 0288601000 - SOHO MILL

Summary

Eighteenth to twentieth century records of Soho papermill.

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Type and Period (3)

  • PAPER MILL (18th Century to Modern - 1700 AD to 1999 AD)
  • WATERMILL (18th Century to Modern - 1700 AD to 1999 AD)
  • WAR MEMORIAL (Modern - 1901 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

WATERMILL APPROX AT NGR: 1788, 1825 MAPS (B1-2). SOHO MILLS: PAPER MADE FROM STRAW BY THOMAS, STEPHENS & GREEN; EMPLOYS 70 (B3). 'SOHO MILL' AT NGR (B4). PAPER & MILLBOARD MADE (B5). REFS 1759, 1761 (J & W FELLOWS). STILL WORKING (THOMAS & GREEN, ESTB HERE 1860) EARLIER MILL C1785-1896 (B6-8). 1705 WIDOW HAYDEN (B9).

Bronze plaque on preserved wall of mill, recording the names of those from the mill who lost their lives in WW1. (Ref:10) Photograph (Ref:11)

Sources (11)

  • <1>SBC6714 Map: Thomas Jefferys. 1770. [Map of] The County of Buckingham. Printed map. Linen. 1 inch:1 mile.
  • <2>SBC1967 Map: Andrew Bryant. 1825. Map of the County of Buckinghamshire. Printed map. Linen. 1.5 inches:1 mile.
  • <3>SBC14495 Bibliographic reference: SHEAHAN P915.
  • <4>SBC10145 Map: OS 1875/1883 1:10560 MAP,1ST EDITION.
  • <5>SBC15646 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 3 PP106,109.
  • <6>SBC14540 Bibliographic reference: SHORTER A H 1957 PAPER MILLS & PAPER MAKERS IN ENG LAND 1495-1800 P142/SHORTER A H 1960 IN PAPERMAKE.
  • <7>SBC2613 Bibliographic reference: CAUVAIN P 1976/1977 WYE VALLEY WATERMILLS (OXFORD EXTRA-MURAL CERT.COURSE IN ARCHAEOLOGY DISSERTATIO.
  • <8>SBC6588 Bibliographic reference: INDUSTRIAL & BUSINESS NEWS FEB 1979 (ADVERTISEMEN T).
  • <9>SBC8287 Bibliographic reference: MAYES L J,HIGH WYCOMBE.
  • <10>SBC24036 Digital archive: Imperial War Museum. 2011. UK National Inventory of War Memorials. UKNIWM REF: 8367.
  • <11>SBC24038 Digital archive: June, Peter & Martin Underwood. 2011. Buckinghamshire Remembers database.

Location

Grid reference SU 90800 87700 (point)
Civil Parish WOOBURN, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

May 11 2012 4:48PM

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