Information for record number MWA2729:
Talton Mill

Summary Talton Mill, the remains of a watermill. There is documentary evidence for a Mill at this site from the Medieval through to the 20th century. Only a wheel pit, the slots of the angled sluices and a brick plinth survive. It is 400m north east of Crimscote Coppice.
What Is It?  
Type: Watermill, Mill, Sluice, Wheel Pit, Hydroelectric Power Station
Period: Medieval - Modern (1066 AD - 1942 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Tredington
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 24 47
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 A mill at Talton is mentioned in 1308. Later in the same century it passed to the Abbey of Evesham. Various owners are known from the 16th to 19th century. Corn milling ceased in 1938, but the wheel continued to be used to generate electricity for Ettington Hall until 1942. The mill then fell into disuse and was demolished in 1956. All that remains is the wheelpit, with the slots of the angled sluices, and the brick plinth on which the generator was mounted.
 
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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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 Modern The Modern Period, about 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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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 modern About 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. 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 ABBEY * A religious house governed by an abbot or abbess. Use with narrow terms of DOUBLE HOUSE, MONASTERY or NUNNERY. back
monument HYDROELECTRIC POWER STATION * Power generation by releasing stored water through a turbine driving a generator. back
monument WHEEL PIT * The rectangular pit in which the lower part of a waterwheel revolves. back
monument SLUICE * A dam which can be raised or lowered to regulate the flow of water. 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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