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Historic corn and flour mill on the River Lambourn; building probably of 18th century date, converted to housing in late 20th century
WATER MILL ON LAMBOURN (LISTED BY J K MAJOR) WHEEL DRIVEN, PRE 1847. GEAR REMOVED BY 1962 <1>. By 1998 converted into housing.
Leamon <2> notes the first reference to two mills in Shaw in 1386 being in a poor and ruinous state. There is a reference to the mill being rebuilt in 1537. Documentary evidence from medieval account and court rolls suggested that there were several mills within Shaw Manor <3>.
The First Edition Ordnance Survey map <4> marks 'Shaw Mill (Corn)'; by the 3rd epoch <5> this changed to Flour.
The mill was sold off by the Shaw estate after the Second World War, including the Mill House and subsequently was converted into residential accommodation. The Newbury Weekly News of 1970 reported that the 18th century mill machinery at Shaw Mill had been dismantled and removed <6>.
The Victoria County History of 1924 mentioned 'a modern water-mill in part half-timbered' <9>. A mob is recorded as having caused damage at Shaw Mill in 1766 during the bread riots in Newbury <9><10>.
The West Berkshire Museum has photographs showing the mill in 1957 and the early 20th century <15>.
| <00> | 1950-83. Buildings included in the statutory list of buildings of special architectural or historic interest, pre Review. WBC Network. Map No 26 4/110. [Unpublished document / SWB10875] |
| <01> | Berkshire Archaeological Society. 1963-4. Berkshire Archaeological Journal 1963-64 61. 61. In ADS Journals. 10.5284/1000017. p83-91 No 58 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> | Leamon, R. 1992. Historic Landscape of Shaw - A West Berkshire Manor. 2021 WBC Network. p32-34. [Unpublished document / SWB12703] |
| <03> | Newbury District Field Club. 1931. TRANS NEWBURY DISTRICT FIELD CLUB 1931 VOL 6 NO 2. p76-78 in A Berkshire Manor at the Close of the Middle Ages (Shaw) by L Clare Latham. [Article in serial / SWB10576] |
| <04> | Landmark. 1872-85. Digital Ordnance Survey Mapping Epoch 1, 1:2500 (25 inch). Digital. 1:2500. [Map / SWB14341] |
| <05> | Landmark. 1912-24. Digital Ordnance Survey Mapping Epoch 3, 1:2500 (25 inch). Digital. 25 inches to a mile. [Map / SWB14456] |
| <06> | Newbury Weekly News. 22/01/1970. Article and photograph about Shaw Mill. [Article in serial / SWB13300] |
| <07> | Bates, J. 1984. Museum correspondence for enquiry on The Miller's House, Shaw. [Unpublished document / SWB13302] |
| <08> | Tyack, G, Bradley, S and Pevsner, N. 2010. The Buildings of England (Berkshire). p507. [Monograph / SWB147855] |
| <09> | Page and Ditchfield (eds). 1924. Victoria County History (VCH) Berks IV 1924. Vol 4. p88, 91. [Monograph / SWB10281]
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/berks/vol4 (Accessed 24/09/2015) |
| <10> | Money, W. 1887. The History of Newbury. p354. [Monograph / SWB11828]
http://archive.org/stream/cu31924028185811 (Accessed 02/09/2013) |
| <11> | 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] |
| <12> | Commissioned by the Duke of Chandos. 1729/30. Map of Speen Manor. Marked but not named. [Map / SWB12939] |
| <13> | Ordnance Survey. 1808. Ordnance Survey Drawing of East Ilsley; BL OSD 158, 2. Two inch to the mile. Marked 'Mill'. [Map / SWB147329]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ordnance_Survey_Drawings_-_East_Ilsley_(OSD_158).jpg (Accessed on 23/06/2022) |
| <14> | Latham, S. 2003. Shaw House, Newbury, Berkshire - The Gardens: Historical Analysis and Survey Report. Illustrations. Illust 16. [Unpublished document / SWB14269] |
| <15> | Museum Curator. Newbury Museum Accession Records (West Berkshire Museum since 1998). 2022 WBC Network. NEBYM:1988.10.24; 2000.26.4; 2004.50.649; D3552.11. [Unpublished document / SWB14452] |
| <16> | The Mills Archive. 2002-. The Mills Archive - Images and Documents Catalogue. http://catalogue.millsarchive.org/. 28/08/2015. Archive ID 14111 (possibly duplicated with 3464). [Website / SWB148900]
https://catalogue.millsarchive.org/ (Accessed 06/12/2023) |