Site of Watermill 200m SW of Abbey

Description of this historic site

The possible site of a watermill, dating from the Medieval period onwards, is suggested by documentary evidence. The site lies 200m south west of Stoneleigh Abbey.

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Notes about this historic site

1 There were two mills at Stoneleigh in 1086. By 1535 six mills were recorded. In 1725 only two mills were recorded on Beighton’s map and the same two appear again in 1787-9. One of these was on the River Sowe and the other on the River Avon at the above reference point. By the 1830s only the mill on the river Sowe is marked. However, before 1880, a pumping wheel [PRN 2900] had been erected just below the site of the old mill on the Avon.
2 Beighton’s map does not mark watermills at Stoneleigh. Yates’ map (reference 3) marks a watermill at around this grid reference.
5 This site requires further documentary research.
6 No traces visible when site visited, but this would seem a likely location for a mill.