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HER Number (PRN):15527
Name:Maesbury Hall Mill
Type of Record:Monument
Protected Status:None recorded

Monument Type(s):

  • WATERMILL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1901 AD)
  • CORN MILL (Early 19th century to 20th century (post-war) - 1800 AD to 1999 AD)

Summary

The site of a post medieval water mill.

Parish:Oswestry Rural, Oswestry, Shropshire
Map Sheet:SJ32NW
Grid Reference:SJ 3037 2514

Related records

07318Related to: Morda Hall Corn Mill canal branch off Montgomery Canal (Monument)

Associated Finds: None recorded

Associated Events

  • ESA8521 - 1994-1997 Morda Valley Research Project by Oswestry & Border History & Archaeology Group (OBHAG)

Description

Corn mill <1>
Building - use not indicated <2> <3>
Building - use not possible to determine - associated with larger complex of buildings <4>
Corn Mill <5>

Photographed during aerial survey in 2008. Dwarfed by modern farm buildings. <8>

Visited by OBHAG during the Morda Valley Research Project, between 1994 and 1997. Documentary history of the mill is given, together with key features. The old building was burnt down in 1971 and is now part stone and part corrugated iron, with all machinery gone. <9>

Described as Peate's Mill and (in 1989) as still active….it was once dependent on corn brought by narrowboat from Ellesmere Port..canal traffic ceased in 1932. <10>

Formerly water-powered corn mill, now milled by electricity. Extant in the 19th century. <11>

Sources

[00]SSA20722 - Card index: Shropshire County Council SMR. Site and Monuments Record (SMR) cards. SMR record cards. SMR Card for PRN SA 15527.
[01]SSA9656 - Map: Ordnance Survey. 1890. OS County Series 19SE, 1890. OS County Series. 19SE. 1:10560.
[02]SSA9654 - Map: Ordnance Survey. 1954. OS SJ32NW, 1954. OS National Grid Series. SJ32NW. 1:10560.
[03]SSA9655 - Map: Ordnance Survey. 1979. OS SJ32NW, 1979. OS National Grid Series. SJ32NW. 1:10000.
[04]SSA21901 - Vertical aerial photograph: UK Perspectives. 1999/ 2002. UK Perspectives MAPS Digital Aerial Photographic Data Set for Shropshire. Colour. ECW. 1:10000.
[05]SSA21923 - Monograph: Trinder Barrie. 1996. The Industrial Archaeology of Shropshire. Appendix One.
[06]SSA2174 - Gazetteer: Bagshaw S. 1851. History, Gazetteer and Directory of Shropshire. Directory. p192.
[07]SSA2198 - Monograph: Thomas R D. 1939. Industries of the Morda Valley. p30.
[08]SSA25519 - Oblique aerial photograph: Shropshire Council. 2008-Jul-21. SA0808_002 to SA0808_005 (4 photos) Flight: 08_SA_08. Colour. Digital.
[09]SSA29956 - Archaeological fieldwork report: Oswestry and Borders History and Archaeology Group. 1998. Interim report of the MVRP - The Morda Valley Research Project. Oswestry and Borders History and Archaeology Group Rep. Appendix 6.
[10]SSA30542 - Article in monograph: Deamer G. 1989. A gazetteer of selected remains along the Llanymynech Branch of the Ellesmere Canal. The Archaeology of the Montgomeryshire Canal. Hughes S. pp.157-162. p.160.
[11]SSA24111 - Card index: Council for British Archaeology. 1963 - 1980. CBA Industrial Archaeology Report Card (National Record of Industrial Monuments). CBA Card. 1963. Site list. Recorded by D P Williams, 16-Sep-1963, Record No.368318.
Date Last Edited:Aug 19 2021 3:30PM

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