Watermill, Thornborough
A water-powered corn mill in the historic county of Buckinghamshire, England.
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On the river Ouse, a mill has occupied this site for certain since 1244, and probably there was a mill there at Domesday. The current building is mainly 18th century with some 19th century extensions and alterations, of stone with some brick inserted, and has a slate roof. It is thought that milling using water was curtailed by the construction of a weir downstream, in contravention of milling rights, and by the 1930s the mill was driven by an oil engine. The building is now Grade II listed.
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| Power source | Water |
| Mill type | Watermill |
| River | Great Ouse |
| Mill function | Corn mill |
| Archive ID | 5604 |
| Location | Thornborough |
| Historic county | Buckinghamshire |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| NGR | SP 734 353 |
| Latitude/longitude | 52.00676639, -0.90978818 |
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)
- “Mills for sale” (Wind and Watermill Section Newsletter, 77, October 1998)
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