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Mill:

Tan Mill, Chesham

A water-powered saw mill in the historic county of Buckinghamshire, England.

This mill stood on the River Chess. It started life as a mill used for tanning and became a saw mill in the first half of the nineteenth century. Later on the site was used for the Water Lane Steam mill, which experienced a serious fire in 1942.

Full details

Alternative names	Old Bark Mill, Water Lane Steam Mill
Power source	Water
Mill type	Watermill
River	Chess
Mill function	Saw mill
Archive ID	11722
Location	Chesham
Historic county	Buckinghamshire
Country	England, United Kingdom
NGR	SU 958 014
Latitude/longitude	51.70277463, -0.61246646

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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