Town Mill, Amersham
A water-powered mill in the historic county of Buckinghamshire, England.
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This ancient mill, dating from about 1550, is on the River Misbourne. It was half-timbered and brick, with a tiled roof. By the 1930s it had become disused. It had been driven by an iron overshot wheel, 9ft by 7ft, but for a time the mill was served via a belt drive by an oil engine. It was the last mill to grind corn on the Misbourne, but was also reputed to have been a paper mill at some time.
In 1504 there was a malt mill in Amersham, and it is not clear whether this was Town Mill or another.
Full details
| Power source | Water |
| Mill type | Watermill |
| Mill function | |
| Archive ID | 6812 |
| Location | Amersham |
| Historic county | Buckinghamshire |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| NGR | SU 953 976 |
| Latitude/longitude | 51.66910300, -0.62335561 |
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, 69, October 1996)
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