Pitstone Mill, Pitstone
A water-powered corn mill in the historic county of Buckinghamshire, England.
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There are early references to one, or possibly two, water mills from 1231, 1306 and 1346. In 1520 William Cowper had custody of Pitstone mill for a twenty-year period. For three or more centuries thereafter there is virtually no recorded history of the mill. Bryant’s 1824 map shows Pightlesthorn watermill – the old form of the village name. In his 1930s account Stanley Freese identifies the watermill as a pink-walled, slate-roofed building next to the Bell Inn on Marsworth Road. Various internal features showed the building to be of a considerable age. Within the building was a 15 foot overshot wheel, 5 ft wide, which although not being worked at the time could soon have been brought back to life.
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| Alternative names | Brook End Mill |
| Power source | Water |
| Mill type | Watermill |
| River | Great Ouse, Whistle Brook |
| Mill function | Corn mill |
| Archive ID | 11761 |
| Location | Pitstone |
| Historic county | Buckinghamshire |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| NGR | SP 94243 16057 |
| Latitude/longitude | 51.83520000, -0.63360000 |
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)
- Historic England National Heritage List for England
- Ordnance Survey six-inch map, Buckinghamshire XXX (1884)
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