Monument record 4369/7 - Site of Holcot Mill

At Domesday there was one mill recorded for Holcot. There are 18th an 19th century records for the mill. Earthworks of the former mill pond comprise a massive U-shaped dam.

{1} Earthworks of a drained millpond with rubble and millstone fragments nearby.

{3} Site of Watermill (SP 795700) consists of a massive U-shaped dam, 1.5 m. high and with a total length of about 100 m. which formerly ponded back the water of a small NW-flowing stream. It is now broken
in the centre. At its E end it continues as a low embankment to form the NE side of the old pond. The S side of the pond was edged by steep-sided natural cliffs. The 1st ed. 1" OS map (1834) shows the
pond in existence and names the site as 'Mill'. On an estate map of 1839 the pond is also shown together with a building, now demolished, to the N of it. This was probably the mill itself.

<1> Hall D.N., 1975, Holcot Parish Survey, p.29 (checked) (Journal). SNN25919.

<2> Taylor P., 1992, Fishponds Report 1992, (unchecked) (Report). SNN1339.

<3> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.83 Site 5 (checked) (Series). SNN77380.

<4> 1839, Holcot Estate Map, (unchecked) (Map). SNN25913.

<5> Ordnance Survey Map (Scale/date), OS 1" 1834 (Map). SNN112944.

<6> STARMER G., 2002?, Northamptonshire Watermills Survey 2001 - 2002 (H-Z), (unchecked) (Report). SNN105521.

<7> Royal Air Force, Vertical Aerial Photography, A/P (RAF VAP CPE/UK/1925, 1368-9) (Photographs). SNN104890.

Record last edited

Jul 26 2024 1:50PM