Building record 7421/1/1 - Kettering Mill

Owned by manor

{1} Kettering Mill
The manor is exceptional in having two watermills in 1086, but only a single mill with a miller, worth 20/-, is mentioned in 1125-8. It is referred to again in 1281 while in 1301 the rent with the windmill was 30/-. In 1305 and 1311 the watermill, fulling mill and windmill were all three together worth £7. A water powered fulling mill is recorded in first surviving account roll, that of 1281. The rent of the fulling mill was 20/- in 1301, two thirds of the rent of the wind and water mills together. It is likely that it was the larger mill set on the river Ise to the east of the town. Only one mill is recorded in 1321-2 and so it is possible that the fulling mill was already disused by this date. However this particular source is notable for the omissions which it makes, related particularly to where items were held at farm.
Kettering mill stood vacant for many years and has now been demolished. The area is now open land.

{3} 1086 At the Domesday Survey Cateringe had two mills rendering 20s.
12th C A charter of Richard I confirmed the township of Kettering with the church and mill to the abbot and convent of Peterborough.
1762 John Tingle, Miller
1785 John Tingle, miller, insured goods in his dwelling hosue, water corn mills and offices, all adjoining.
1861 Bath conveniences re-opened at the watermill near the town of Kettering.
1874 Last reference to a miller, John Bell, at Kettering watermill in directories.
1950s Amos family was the last to live in the mill house.
c1955 Mill demolished.
No evidence left

<1> Foard G.F., 2000, Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Kettering (Medieval + Post Medieval), (unchecked) (Digital archive). SNN100747.

<2> Ballinger J., 1999, Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Kettering (Industrial), (unchecked) (Digital archive). SNN100283.

<3> STARMER G., 2002?, Northamptonshire Watermills Survey 2001 - 2002 (H-Z), p. 78 (Report). SNN105521.

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