Information for record number MWA2390:
Weston Mill, Long Compton.

Summary The site of a watermill dating from the Medieval to the Imperial period, it was located 500m south west of Mere Furlong Coppice.
What Is It?  
Type: Watermill, Site
Period: Medieval - Industrial (1066 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Long Compton
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 27 36
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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A watermill.
1 A mill is recorded towards the end of the C13. Information on ownership exists for the latter half of the C19 and early part of the C20. It had closed by 1920. The mill is a small three-storey structure, built of stone and brick. It contained an internal overshot waterwheel of considerable age and measuring 3m in diameter by 1.7m wide. Much of the workings appear to have been replaced in the C19. The long leat which fed the wheel is now completely dry. The tail race carried the water away from the wheel through a long culvert which passes close to the nearby derelict mill cottage before emerging to re-enter the river.
2 Weston mill is also recorded in 1535.
3 The mill was pulled down c1975. The derelict mill cottage has also been pulled down.
4 Identified as a corn mill on 1st Edition OS Map and remapped
 
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: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Victoria County History, vol 5, Warwickshire
Author/originator: Salzman L F (ed)
Date: 1965
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 5
   
Source No: 4
Source Type: Map
Title: First Edition
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1886
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: PWF
Date: 1983
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 2387
   
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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 SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument CULVERT * A drainage structure that extends across and beneath roadways, canals or embankments. back
monument STONE * Use only where stone is natural or where there is no indication of function. 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 TAIL RACE * A water channel leading from a water wheel. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument LEAT * Artificial water channel, usually leading to a mill. back
monument STRUCTURE * A construction of unknown function, either extant or implied by archaeological evidence. If known, use more specific type. back
monument CORN MILL * A mill for grinding corn. Use with power type where known. back
monument COPPICE * A managed small wood or thicket of underwood grown to be periodically cut to encourage new growth providing smaller timber. back
monument WATERMILL * A mill whose machinery is driven by water. back

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