Monument record 7372/1 - Cuttle Mill

References to Cuttle Mill as early as 1524 (Le Cotillmylle). In 1821, the mill was described as two storeys high, built of brick and stone. In 1928 it was 'not workable' and much of the machinery had gone by 1969.

{1} Watermill: by 1912 the mill tenant had sold the machinery and emigrated. Mill now converted to house. The mill pond, culveted mill stream and side stream remain, but overshot wheel and most of machinery gone. It is believed there were three pairs of stones. The base of the chimney, for the boiler for the steam engine, also remains.

{2} History:
1086 Domesday survey records Pirie with one mill rendering 26s. 8d.
1524 Reference to Le Cotillmylle
1672 Known as Cuttle Mill
1821 Mrs. Ann Sheppard of Cuttle Mill insured £1100 on a water corn mill, two stories high, brick and tile, carrying two pairs of stones
1873 John Chapman, of Cuttle Mill, sold the materials of the windmill on Cuttle Hill
1878 Advertisement for sale of water and steam corn mills with three pairs of stones, known as Cuttle Mills
1883 Groom of Eastcote mended a lever of the steam engine
1884 Groom replaced the wooden paddles on the waterwheel
1912 A Mr. Albright rented the mill, sold the machinery and then emigrated
1928 Described as "not now workable"
1969 Mill pond, culverted mill stream and side stream remained but the waterwheel and most of the machinery had gone. The base of the chimney for the steam engine also remained.
Ogilby's Britannia, on the strip map for the first part of the London-Holyhead road, marks Cuttle Mill; shown as Cuttles M. on Eyre and Jeffreys' 1791 map; 1814 survey plan for OS marks it Cuttle Mill; and Bryant's 1827 map marks it Cuttle Mill with Windmill Inn and Plough Inn close by.

1969: Mill pond, culverted mill stream and side stream remained but the waterwheel and most of the machinery had gone. The base of the chimney for the steam engine also remained.
2001: The site seems to have been subjected to considerable earth-working activities in connection with new and extended dwellings, none of which could be identified with the water mill. There was little evidence of the former water courses.

<1> Brown, A.E. (Ed.), 1969, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1967/68 (Industrial Archaeology), 3/33-34 (checked) (Article). SNN100540.

<2> STARMER G., 2002?, Northamptonshire Watermills Survey 2001 - 2002 (H-Z), p.99 (checked) (Report). SNN105521.

<3> HALL D.N., 1973, Paulerspury survey 1973, 3/68 (checked) (Article). SNN77045.

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Oct 21 2020 9:42AM