Monument record 4113/1 - Possible Watermill

Pond and possible watermill site in former Mill Dam Meadow. A building, presumably the mill, is depicted on the 1845 Tithe Map.

{1} Site of watermill (SP 81958975), on the S side of a small NE-flowing brook, 1 km NW of the village, on gravel and clay at 63 m. above OD. There is a pond of irregular shape, 160 m. long and up to 40 m. wide, with a large earthen dam at the NE end. It has an inlet channel at the SW end, from the adjacent stream, and an outlet leading back into the stream below the dam. Some indeterminate earthworks in the latter area are perhaps the site of the mill. On a map of the parish of 1723 the pond is shown together with a small building at its NE end and both are again shown on the Tithe Map of 1845 (NRO). At that time the field in which the remains lie was called Mill Dam Meadow.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.16/Site 3 (unchecked) (Series). SNN77380.

<2> 1723, Map of East Carlton, (unchecked) (Map). SNN23015.

<3> 1845, TITHE MAP, (unchecked) (Map). SNN23975.

<4> Royal Air Force, Vertical Aerial Photography, AP (RAF VAP CPE/UK/2109 4135-6) (Photographs). SNN104890.

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Feb 25 2025 6:29PM