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Mill:

Edlesborough Mill, Eaton Bray

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

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At Domesday there were two mills in Edlesborough. The mill site is just within the county boundary, and when visited by Stanley Freese was standing disused, the iron waterwheel having been broken up some years beforehand.

Full details

Power source Water
Mill type Watermill
River Tributary to Ouzel
Mill function Corn mill
Archive ID 5663
Location Eaton Bray
Historic county Bedfordshire
Country England, United Kingdom
NGR SP 9827 1915
Latitude/longitude 51.86234400, -0.57425200

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References

  • Anthony Bryan, Mills Research Group Database
  • Farley, Michael, County Museum Archaeological Group, "Buckinghamshire Watermills" (Records of Bucks, 24, 1982)
  • 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)
  • Ordnance Survey 25 inch map, Buckinghamshire XXX.2 (1879)

 

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