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Mill:

Twyford Mill, Poundon

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

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On a tributary of the Great Ouse, there has been a mill on this site since 1321. In the 1930s the mill was still in service and water-driven. The wheel was 12 ft diameter. The building consists of a combined farmhouse and mill, of red brick and stone.

Full details

Power source Water
Mill type Watermill
River Great Ouse
Mill function Corn mill
Archive ID 5576
Location Poundon
Historic county Buckinghamshire
Country England, United Kingdom
NGR SP 656 270
Latitude/longitude 51.93764900, -1.04718680

Location

References

  • Anthony Bryan, Mills Research Group Database
  • 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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