Loudwater Mill, High Wycombe
A water-powered paper mill in the historic county of Buckinghamshire, England.
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At Domesday six mills were recorded in High Wycombe. In later times, further mill sites were developed. Overall, eleven mill sites are known, ten mills surviving into the 20th century or late nineteenth century. In 1638 there is a reference to a new paper mill in Loudwater. Until about 1915 the mill was served by a water wheel, after which steam engines were introduced. In 1945 there was a substantial fire.
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| Power source | Water |
| Mill type | Watermill |
| River | Wye |
| Mill function | Paper mill |
| Archive ID | 11747 |
| Location | High Wycombe |
| Historic county | Buckinghamshire |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| NGR | SU 902 902 |
| Latitude/longitude | 51.60329364, -0.69826496 |
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References
- 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)
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