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Lower Mill, Amersham

A water-powered corn mill and silk mill in the historic county of Buckinghamshire, England.

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This ancient mill, on the River Misbourne, is constructed of red brick and tile, with some half-timbering. There is an early reference to Bury Mill from 1504, although building changes have taken place subsequently. Apart from a brief period in the 1820s when it was a silk mill, the mill was always operated as a corn mill. By the 1930s it was run as a road house.

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Alternative names Bury End Mill, Silk Mill Lower Bury
Power source Water
Mill type Watermill
River Misbourne
Mill function Corn mill, Silk mill
Archive ID 11708
Location Amersham
Historic county Buckinghamshire
Country England, United Kingdom
NGR SU 964 972
Latitude/longitude 51.66435984, -0.60572875

Location

References

  • Farley, Michael, Edward Legg and James Venn (Ed), The Watermills of Buckinghamshire: A 1930s account by Stanley Freese with original photographs (Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society, 2007)

 

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