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Mill:

Tangier Mill, Eton

A mill in the historic county of Buckinghamshire, England.

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The mill, of wood with a tiled roof, is long gone. An old print from 1779 shows the mill with a low breast-shot wheel, about 12 ft in diameter. The last miller was probably William Mitchell in about 1860.

Full details

Power source
Mill type Watermill
River Thames
Mill function
Archive ID 11732
Location Eton
Historic county Buckinghamshire
Country England, United Kingdom
NGR SU 968 777
Latitude/longitude 51.48810788, -0.60557854

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)
  • Major, J K, SPAB Mills Section Record Card (1971)

 

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