Information for record number MWA4129:
Site of Medieval Watermill at Cawston

Summary The site of a Medieval watermill that was associated with Pipewell Abbey. The exact location of the watermill is unknown but it was probably located in the area of Cawston.
What Is It?  
Type: Watermill
Period: Medieval (1066 AD - 1539 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Dunchurch
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 46 72
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

2 There were two mills held by Pipewell Abbey at Cawston in 1291. One of these may have been at Potford Dam (see PRN 4128), but is not known where the other was located. It may have been the fulling mill which is known to have existed in the latter part of the 12th century.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Victoria County History, vol 6, Warwickshire
Author/originator: Salzman L F (ed)
Date: 1951
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: VI
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Warks Hist
Author/originator:
Date: 1970
Page Number: 23
Volume/Sheet: 3:1
   
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Glossary

 
Word or Phrase
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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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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 WATERMILL * A mill whose machinery is driven by water. back
monument FULLING MILL * A mill for beating and cleaning cloth, using soap or fullers earth. back
monument DAM * A barrier of concrete or earth, etc, built across a river to create a reservoir of water for domestic and/or industrial usage. back

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