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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 NW 270 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Abbots mill |
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Summary
Watermill, extant from 1795-1933. Built on the site of a watermill of c.1257.
| Grid Reference: | TR 1489 5820 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15NW |
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| Parish: | CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- WATERMILL (WATERMILL, Medieval to Modern - 1066 AD to 1933 AD)
| Protected Status: | Scheduled Monument KENT 340 |
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Full description
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TR 14895821. A mill and sluice belonging to the Abbot of St Augustines was situated on the Great Stour in Mill Lane. This mill was replaced by another built in 1795 by Smeaton, which was burnt down in 1933. Two cast iron pillars with decorated caps, a cast iron wheel shaft and bearings, all from the second mill, remain today. (1) (TR14925821 sited from CAT Topo Map). (2) Abbot of St Augustine's Mill. (3-4) The Abbot's Mill, on the eastern arm of the River Stour, stood close to the point where the river ran under the city wall in St Radegunds. A rioting mob attacked the abbey mill in St Radegunds in 1257. It finally went out of action after a fire in 1933. (5)
<1> DOE (IAM) Record Form 20.6.78 (OS Card Reference). SKE40742.
<2> CAT Topo maps of Cant 2nd ed 1982 c1050 (OS Card Reference). SKE38735.
<3> CAT Topo Maps of Cant 2nd ed 1982 c1200 (OS Card Reference). SKE38737.
<4> CAT Topo maps of Cant 2nd ed 1982 c1500 (OS Card Reference). SKE38738.
<5> Cant under the Angevin Kings 1967 124 168 (W Urry) (OS Card Reference). SKE38516.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: DOE (IAM) Record Form 20.6.78. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: CAT Topo maps of Cant 2nd ed 1982 c1050. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: CAT Topo Maps of Cant 2nd ed 1982 c1200. |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: CAT Topo maps of Cant 2nd ed 1982 c1500. |
| <5>XY | OS Card Reference: Cant under the Angevin Kings 1967 124 168 (W Urry). [Mapped feature: #43813 Mill, ] |
