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| HER Number | MWB6250 |
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| Record Type | Monument |
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| Name | Chamberhouse Mill |
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Summary
Watermill on the River Kennet, wheel driven, in working order in 1962, "Worked intermittently by owner"
Other Statuses and Cross-References
- Berkshire SMR No. (pre 2000): 05113.00.000
Monument Type(s):
- WATERMILL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Full Description
A desk-based assessment carried out a map regression analysis and assessment <2>. Chamberhouse Mill was worked occasionally as late as c1964, but closed after the owner's death in 1965, and the mill and millhouse complex were partly demolished and partly restored for new housing between c1968 and c1977. This was the manorial mill of Chamberhouse, with a late 14th century date for its construction claimed. It is named Chambrehousmylle in leases from 1456.
The two waterwheels and some of the mill's original workings survive inside the residential complex (pers comm 2013).
Sources and further reading
| <01> | Berkshire Archaeological Society. 1963-4. Berkshire Archaeological Journal 1963-64 61. 61. In ADS Journals. 10.5284/1000017. p83-91 No 78 in Berkshire Watermills by J Kenneth Major. [Article in serial / SWB12042]
http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/berks_bas_2007/journal.cfm?volume=61 (Accessed 21/05/2013) |
| <02> | Wessex Archaeology. 1998. River Kennet Fish Passes, Berkshire (Doghead Stakes to Sheffield Mill). WBC Network. [Unpublished document / SWB12770] |
| <03> | Dalby, L J. 1973. The Kennet Navigation. [Unpublished document / SWB14602] |
| <04> | Ordnance Survey. 1808. Ordnance Survey Drawing of Kingsclere; BL OSD 79, 1. Two inch to the mile. Marked 'Chamberhouse Mill'. [Map / SWB147330]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ordnance_Survey_Drawings_-_Kingsclere_(OSD_79).jpg (Accessed 07/11/2022) |
| <05> | Dils, J and Yates, M (ed). 2012. An Historical Atlas of Berkshire (2nd Edition). p92-93, Berkshire Watermills by Brian Boulter and Sheila Viner. [Monograph / SWB148708] |
| <06> | Thatcham Vision & Thatcham Historical Society. 2009. Thatcham - an historic town in a changing world. online. p27. [Monograph / SWB147814] |
Related Monuments
Associated Excavations and Fieldwork
| EWB149 | R Kennet fish passes-Chamberhouse & Brimpton Mills (Ref: CBM99/55) |
| EWB223 | River Kennet Fish Passes- Doghead Stakes to Sheffield (Ref: WA 45268) |
| EWB862 | Berkshire Watermills - Survey 1963 |
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