Alvecote Mill at Shuttington.
The site of a watermill which may date from the Medieval period, and was in use until the early 20th century. Only some brick foundations of the mill building now survive. The site is 500m southeast of Alvecote.
Site of a watermill.
1 In 1221 Robert de Bramcote complained that the Prior of Alvecote had drowned his land by raising the mill pool. In 1714 the mill was extant and operational.
2 This may be the site of the mill at Shuttington recorded in the Domesday survey. By 1291 it belonged to Alvecote Priory. Further information on ownership exists for the 16th, 17th and 19th centuries. The mill is thought to have ceased working c. 1910. Only the brick foundations of the mill survive. The mill was demolished years ago. A few outbuildings remain, but these are in very poor condition.
3 Ownership records date to 18th century. Site is described as a “Corn mill”, with mill pond sluice and weir shown. Extant remains in 1976 consisted of much overgrown foundations, with associated mill races and so on in a very ruinous state.
4 Remains in 1977 were overgrown foundations of what appeared to be a 19th century building.
5 A Leather Mill is marked here on Greenwoods Map of 1822
- For the sources of these notes, see the
- Timetrail record
- produced by the Historic Environment Record.
Comments
My great great grandfather John Archer was a ‘miller’s man’ at this Mill for 19 years, from circa 1870 -1890. DThe 1881 Shuttington Census shows him as a ‘miller’s man’ – presumably a journeyman labourer. He and wife Sarah are shown in Alvecote Mill House. the master miller was (I think) named Forester Shilcock who presumably lived in the Mill. He had previously worked at Witherley Mill, also on the River Anker. In the mid seventies, the only traces I could find were bits of stonework of the Mill and broken bits of tessellated flooring where the Mill House had stood. Have read somewhere that British Rail demolished what was left to build some sort of depot. Is this correct? I have spent 20 years trying to find a photo of the Mill and Mill House, but have begun to give up hope that one exists.
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