Monument record 3317/1 - Burnt Mill

A mill is recorded at Domesday. In the 18th century, Burnt Mill was insured for £50 and in the early 19th century it was advertised as an overshot mill. By 1900 the mill was disused and the mill was demolished at some point in the second half of the 20th century.

{1} History:
1086 Domesday survey records a mill here rendering 2s.
1546 John Brocklasse of Eydon had sons who were millers and millwrights.
1651 Rebuilt after a fire.
1786 Thomas Jessop of Farnton Mill insured Burnt Mill in the parish of Eydon for £ 50.
1813 An over-shot mill, called Burnt Mill, was advertised for sale.
1857 Watermill run in conjunction with a windmill.
1890 John Colin last miller at Burnt Mill to be shown in trade directories.
1900 Disused by this time.
Documentary sources: 1810 survey plan for OS marks it Mill; 1827 Bryant’s map does not mark the mill although it shows a building on the site with a bridge crossing the river to it; 1833 1 inch OS map marks it Mill; 1846 tithe map shows the mill; and the 1900 6 inch OS map marks it Burnt Mill (Disused).

The present stream appears to be following its natural course, which must have been the by-pass channel when a leat higher up the south-west side of the value was feeding water to the mill. This leat is vaguely discernible in places and is empty of flowing water. The route of the tail-race is not evident.
The mill appaears to have been demolished a long time ago. There is the stonework of what was possibly a low two-sotorey building attached to, or part of, the west gable of the existing three storey brick building with a gabled roof.

<1> STARMER G., 2002?, Northamptonshire Watermills Survey 2001 - 2002 (A-H), p.54 (checked) (Report). SNN105520.

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Sep 23 2024 10:00AM