Information for record number MWA1891:
Cherington Mill

Summary The site of Cherington Mill, a Medieval watermill. The existing Mill building at the site dates to the Imperial period. It is located 450m west of Stourton.
What Is It?  
Type: Watermill, Mill, Water Wheel
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Cherington
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 29 36
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 There was a mill at Cherington in 1332, and it is recorded in 1598 and 1680. Details of ownership exist for the mid 19th century onwards. The mill ceased working in the early 1950s. Mid 19th century mill building, three storeys high, built of alternate red and yellow brick, with a datestone, no longer legible. Internal breast-shot waterwheel measures 3.8m diameter by 1.5m wide. Other machinery survives also.
2 The present owner has been able to restore the mill to working order.
3 Article about the village of Cherington.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Warwickshire Watermills
Author/originator: Booth D T N
Date: 1978
Page Number: 83-4
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Newspaper/Magazine Article
Title: Cherington
Author/originator: Warwickshire and Worcestershire Life
Date: 1984
Page Number:
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: PWF
Date: 1983
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 2387
   
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Glossary

 
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source SMR Card Sites and Monuments Record Card. The Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record began to be developed during the 1970s. The details of individual archaeological sites and findspots were written on record cards. These record cards were used until the 1990s, when their details were entered on to a computerised system. The record cards are still kept at the office of the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
period Medieval 1066 AD to 1539 AD (the 11th century AD to the 16th century AD)

The medieval period comes after the Saxon period and before the post medieval period.

The Medieval period begins in 1066 AD.
This was the year that the Normans, led by William the Conqueror (1066 – 1087), invaded England and defeated Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in East Sussex.
The Medieval period includes the first half of the Tudor period (1485 – 1603 AD), when the Tudor family reigned in England and eventually in Scotland too.

The end of the Medieval period is marked by Henry VIII’s (1509 – 1547) order for the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the years running up to 1539 AD. The whole of this period is sometimes called the Middle Ages.
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period Imperial 1751 AD to 1914 AD (end of the 18th century AD to the beginning of the 20th century AD)

This period comes after the Post Medieval period and before the modern period and starts with beginning of the Industrial Revolution in 1750. It includes the second part of the Hannoverian period (1714 – 1836) and the Victorian period (1837 – 1901). The Imperial period ends with the start of the First World War in 1914.
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monument VILLAGE * A collection of dwelling-houses and other buildings, usually larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a simpler organisation and administration than the latter. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument BUILDING * A structure with a roof to provide shelter from the weather for occupants or contents. Use specific type where known. back
monument MILL * A factory used for processing raw materials. Use more specific mill type where known. See also TEXTILE MILL, for more narrow terms. back
monument MACHINERY * Apparatus used for applying a mechanical force, or to perform a particular function. Use more specific type where known. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument WATERMILL * A mill whose machinery is driven by water. back
monument WATER WHEEL * A structure associated with forges, watermills, water-powered factories, etc. back

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