Hambleden Mill
| Hambleden Mill | |
|---|---|
 Hambleden Mill and Weir | |
| Type | Watermill |
| Location | Hambleden |
| Coordinates | 51°33′32″N 0°52′11″W / 51.5588°N 0.8698°WCoordinates: 51°33′32″N 0°52′11″W / 51.5588°N 0.8698°W |
| OS grid reference | SU 78447 85042 |
| Area | Buckinghamshire |
| Built | Late 18th century |
| Architectural style(s) | Georgian |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name: 1-10, Hambleden Mill | |
| Designated | 21 June 1955 |
| Reference no. | 1310707 |
| Designated | 22 January 1986 |
  Location of Hambleden Mill in Buckinghamshire | |
Hambleden Mill is an historic watermill on the River Thames at Mill End, near the village of Hambleden in Buckinghamshire, England. It is next to Hambleden Lock and has now been converted into flats. It was Grade II listed[1] in 1955.
History
A mill on this site is recorded in the Domesday Book when it had a rent of £1/year. Before 1235 the mill was granted to Keynsham Abbey. Alison Uttley described it as "The most beautiful place in the whole length of the long Thames valley."[2] The mill was built in the late 18th century, possibly incorporating part of an earlier 17th century mill.[3] The mill was still in use in the 1950s having been ugraded from the original waterwheel and grinding stones to a turbine driving steel rollers about 1939.[2] Out of use by the early 1970s, planning permission for conversion to apartments was granted in 1974.[3]
In the late 19th century, a barge, Maid of the Mill, used to make a weekly journey with flour from the mill to Huntley & Palmers biscuit factory in Reading. On her return trip she carried broken biscuits for sale, cheap, to the local villagers.[4]
References
- ↑ "Hambleden Mill, Hambleden". Historic England. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
- 1 2 Uttley, Alison (1950), Buckinghamshire, Hale
- 1 2 "Mill End Mill, Hambleden". Mills Archive. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
- ↑ "Memories of Hambleden". Buckinghamshire Family History Society. Retrieved 31 January 2018.