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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 NW 2268 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Medieval Westgate/Cock Mill, Westgate Grove |
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Summary
Late Saxon/Medieval Westgate watermill is mentioned in the Domesday Book of c. 1086. It also appears on Braun and Hogenburg's map dated c.1572 as Westgate Mill, and is later shown as Cock Mill on Bingley's map of Canterbury dated c. 1800. It's position is also shown on the modern OS Map of Roman and Medieval Canterbury.
| Grid Reference: | TR 1453 5806 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15NW |
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| Parish: | CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- WATERMILL (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon to Medieval - 410 AD to 1539 AD)
Full description
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Late Saxon/Medieval Westgate watermill is mentioned in the Domesday Book of c. 1086. It also appears on Braun and Hogenburg's map dated c.1572 as Westgate Mill, and is later shown as Cock Mill on Bingley's map of Canterbury dated c. 1800. It's position is also shown on the modern OS Map of Roman and Medieval Canterbury.
Gostling, W., 1796, A Walk in and About the Ancient City of Canterbury (Monograph). SKE29741.
RCHM & Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1990, Roman and Medieval Canterbury, Ordnance Survey Historial map & Guide (Cartographic materials). SKE30269.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Monograph: Gostling, W.. 1796. A Walk in and About the Ancient City of Canterbury. |
| --- | Cartographic materials: RCHM & Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 1990. Roman and Medieval Canterbury, Ordnance Survey Historial map & Guide. |
