Monument record 8796/1 - Possible site of Denford Watermill

Denford is recorded as having two watermills at Domesday in 1086. The mill is shown on a map of 1712 but not thereafter.

{1} 1086 Domesday Survey recorded Deneforde having two mills rendering 50s 8d and 250 eels.
1202-72 Mention of a mill at Denford during the reign of Henry III
1537 Mention of a mill at Denford
c1613 Petition from the Mayor et of Northampton to the Earl of Salesburye to make the River Nene navigable gives the distance from Denford Mill to Thrapston (Mill?) as 276 poles.
1712 Shown on John Harris's map in Morton's 'Natural History of Northamptonshire'.
c1760 Mill not shown on plan of River Nen from Thrapston to Northampton for proposed navigation.

The location is uncertain because the mill seems to have gone by the late 18th century. Some evidence suggests it was at the north-east end of the village just upstream of the bend bringing the water channel (latterly the leat for Thrapston Mill) alongside Thrpaston Road.

<1> STARMER G., 2002?, Northamptonshire Watermills Survey 2001 - 2002 (A-H), p. 39 (Report). SNN105520.

Record last edited

Feb 20 2025 4:09PM