Monument record 8746/1 - Mount Mill, site of medieval/ post medieval watermill

A mill is mentioned from the 14th century and is depicted on maps from the 18th century until the early 19th century, but not thereafter.

{1} History:
1312 Wykemulne mentioned in Assize Rolls
c.1350 Robert de Molendino at Wicken, listed in Lay Subsidy rolls
1717 Mill was part of the estate of William Hosier, a London merchant
1801 Opening of the Buckingham branch of the Grand Union Canal may have upset the water supply to the mill

Documentary sources: 1717 map of lands of William Hosier in Wicken shows "the mill and mill yard"; Eyre's 1779 map shows Mount Mill Farm and a mill symbol (but in a different place to the other maps); 1814 survey {3} plan for OS marks Mount Mill; bryant's 1827 map gives the work Mill level with Mount Mill Farm but gives no symbol for a mill.

No evidence for the mill surviving today.

<1> STARMER G., 2002?, Northamptonshire Watermills Survey 2001 - 2002 (H-Z), p.134 (checked) (Report). SNN105521.

<2> Robert Kershaw, 1717, Map of Wicken, NRO Map 3145 (Map). SNN20486.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1811-9, First Edition Ordnance Survey Surveyors Drawings, Sheet 229 (Map). SNN104902.

Record last edited

Oct 23 2024 10:30AM