Monument record HAD 052 - Post Medieval water mill, shown on a map of 1668.

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Summary

Water mill(?) on River Brett just to N of Toppesfield Bridge (HAD 008), shown on Holbeke Estate map of 1668 (S1)(S2).

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 0255 4218 (51m by 50m) Approximate
Map sheet TM04SW
Civil Parish HADLEIGH, BABERGH, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Water mill(?) on River Brett just to N of Toppesfield Bridge (HAD 008), shown on Holbeke Estate map of 1668 (S1)(S2).
Possibly shown in same(?) location on Bowens 1755 map (S3), but gone (or mislocated?) by 1783 (Hodskinsons map - see HAD 053).
See Misc for other early references to mills in Hadleigh.
Also shown on Kirby's map of 1736 (S4).

Sources/Archives (5)

  • --- Cartographic materials: Bowen E. 1755. Accurate Map of the County of Suffolk.
  • <S1> (No record type): SAU, Boulter S, SCCAS Report 96/71, November 1996, ill.
  • <M1> Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. (S1).
  • <S2> (No record type): Holbeke Estate map (of Hadleigh), 1668, SRO, AC 2/12.
  • <S4> (No record type): Kirby, J.. Kirby, map, 1736.

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Record last edited

Oct 3 2016 11:17AM

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