Information for record number MWA702:
Site of Barford Mill

Summary The site of Barford Mill, a watermill for which there is intermittent documentary evidence from the Domesday survey through to the end of the Imperial period. The Mill was located 500m east of Barford Bridge.
What Is It?  
Type: Watermill, Mill
Period: Medieval - Industrial (1066 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Barford
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 27 61
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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Description

  
Source Number  

1 Victoria County History entry.
2 A mill is recorded at Barford in 1086. It is also recorded in 12th ccentury and 13th century. In the 13th century there appear to have been three mills. Information also exists for the 16th century. Ownership information exists for the 19th century. The mill was demolished in the 1930's. From an illustration of about 1900 the mill is seen to have been a large three-storey structure having two waterwheels. Only a small outbuilding remains on the site, the main mill building having been replaced by a weir across the head race.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
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: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Warwicks Watermills
Author/originator: Booth D T N
Date: 1978
Page Number: 72
Volume/Sheet:
   
Images:  
A view of Barford Mill
Copyright: Warwickshire County Council
Date: 1900s
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technique Documentary Evidence Documentary evidence is another name for written records. The first written records in Britain date back to the Roman period. Documentary evidence can take many different forms, including maps, charters, letters and written accounts. When archaeologists are researching a site, they often start by looking at documentary evidence to see if there are clues that will help them understand what they might find. Documentary evidence can help archaeologists understand sites that are discovered during an excavation, field survey or aerial survey. 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 WEIR * A dam constructed on the reaches of a canal or river designed to retain the water and to regulate its flow. 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 INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument BRIDGE * A structure of wood, stone, iron, brick or concrete, etc, with one or more intervals under it to span a river or other space. Use specific type where known. back
monument OUTBUILDING * A detached subordinate building. Use specific type where known, eg. DAIRY. back
monument STRUCTURE * A construction of unknown function, either extant or implied by archaeological evidence. If known, use more specific type. back
monument HEAD RACE * Water channel leading to water wheel. back
monument WATERMILL * A mill whose machinery is driven by water. back

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