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Monument details

HER Number:TR 34 SW 2168
Type of record:Monument
Name:Former site of a mill on Mill Lane, Dover

Summary

A mill is visible in this location (nor theastern side of Mill Lane, directly over the Dour) on historic OS maps dating to the end of the 19th and early 20th century. It is likley that this is the post medieval replacement of an earlier mill on the Dour, constructed in the Medieval period. (location accurate to the nearest 10m based on available information)

Grid Reference:TR 3205 4132
Map Sheet:TR34SW
Parish:DOVER, DOVER, KENT

Monument Types

  • WATERMILL (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1100 AD? to 1803 AD?)
  • WATERMILL (Demolished, Post Medieval to Modern - 1803 AD? to 1953 AD?)

Full description

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A mill is visible in this location (nor theastern side of Mill Lane, directly over the Dour) on historic OS maps dating to the end of the 19th and early 20th century. (1-5) The mill originally dated from the 12th century but was rebuilt in 1803. It ceased milling in 1899 and was demolished in 1953.(6)


<1> Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 1st edition 1862-1875): Landmark Epoch 1 (Map). SKE30964.

<2> Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 2nd Edition, 1897-1900): Landmark Epoch 2 (Map). SKE30965.

<3> Landmark, 1907-1923, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 3rd Edition, 1907-1923): Landmark Epoch 3 (Map). SKE30966.

<4> Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 4th Edition, 1929-1952): Landmark Epoch 4 (Map). SKE30967.

<5> C. E. Goad, 1905, Kent Fire insurance plans sheets 1-7 (Map). SKE51666.

<6> The Dover Society, 2018, The Dover Society - Dover Streets Ancient and Modern A-Z (Website). SKE51676.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 1st edition 1862-1875): Landmark Epoch 1.
<2>Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 2nd Edition, 1897-1900): Landmark Epoch 2.
<3>Map: Landmark. 1907-1923. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 3rd Edition, 1907-1923): Landmark Epoch 3.
<4>Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 4th Edition, 1929-1952): Landmark Epoch 4.
<5>XYMap: C. E. Goad. 1905. Kent Fire insurance plans sheets 1-7. [Mapped feature: #99475 Mill, ]
<6>Website: The Dover Society. 2018. The Dover Society - Dover Streets Ancient and Modern A-Z.

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TR 34 SW 1348Parent of: Later post medieval masonry walling on Mill Lane and within the bed of the River Dour, Dover (Monument)