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| HER Number | MWB6272 |
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| Record Type | Monument |
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| Name | Hyde End Mill |
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Summary
Mill on the River Enborne of at least 18th century origins, with site used as a fishery in the 20th century, with the mill building itself lost by the later 20th century
Other Statuses and Cross-References
- Berkshire SMR No. (pre 2000): 05135.00.000
Monument Type(s):
- WATERMILL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1900 AD)
Full Description
Major <1> gives the NGR of this mill as SU 559 640, but Hyde End Mill is clearly marked on historic <2> <10> and modern mapping at cSU 5549 6338, whereas the former location is shown as Paul's Hole Cottage. There is a mill shown on the 'Auborn River' on Rocque's 1761 map <3> and the Ordnance Survey Drawings of 1817 <4>.
The Victoria County History of 1924 notes that the mill at Hyde End was 'recently converted into a trout hatchery, which is the property of the Hyde family' <5>. The Hyde End Fishery appears on historic Ordnance Survey mapping from the Second Epoch <6> to the 5th <7>.
Major noted that only the leat of the watermill remained in 1962 <1>.
WATER MILL ON ENBORNE, ONLY LEAT REMAINS 1962. WHEEL DRIVEN PRE 1847 DATE.
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 104 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> | Landmark. 1872-85. Digital Ordnance Survey Mapping Epoch 1, 1:2500 (25 inch). Digital. 1:2500. Marked 'Hyde End Mill (Corn)'. [Map / SWB14341] |
| <03> | Rocque, J. 1761. Rocque's Map of Berkshire. 1:35,000 (approx). Marked 'Mill'. [Map / SWB7242]
https://www.rct.uk/collection/700042/rocques-map-of-berkshire (Accessed 09/02/2021) |
| <04> | Ordnance Survey. 1808. Ordnance Survey Drawing of Kingsclere; BL OSD 79, 1. Two inch to the mile. Marked 'Hide End Mill'. [Map / SWB147330]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ordnance_Survey_Drawings_-_Kingsclere_(OSD_79).jpg (Accessed 07/11/2022) |
| <05> | Page and Ditchfield (eds). 1924. Victoria County History (VCH) Berks IV 1924. Vol 4. p53. [Monograph / SWB10281]
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/berks/vol4 (Accessed 24/09/2015) |
| <06> | Landmark. 1899-1900. Digital Ordnance Survey Mapping Epoch 2, 1:2500 (25 inch). Digital. 1:2500. Marked 'Hyde End Fishery'. [Map / SWB14455] |
| <07> | Ordnance Survey. 1962-1981. Ordnance Survey Epoch 5, 1:2500. 1:2500. Marked 'The Fisheries'. [Map / SWB14665] |
| <08> | Brimpton Parish Research Association. 1999. The Brimpton Story - History of a West Berkshire Parish. p50-51. [Monograph / SWB12971] |
| <09> | 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] |
| <10> | Various. 1738-1858. Berkshire Enclosure Maps - online as New Landscapes. http://www.berkshirenclosure.org.uk. Brimpton 1815. [Map / SWB14663]
http://www.berkshirenclosure.org.uk (Accessed 08/02/2022) |
| <11> | Dreweatt Neate. 1917. Sale Catalogue for the Hyde Estates. [Unpublished document / SWB149737] |
Related Monuments
| MWB22243 | Site of Hyde End Fishery, Brimpton (Landscape) |
Associated Excavations and Fieldwork
| EWB862 | Berkshire Watermills - Survey 1963 |
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