Watermills of Northamptonshire


Ashton, near Oundle

River: Nene

- preserved but has no waterwheel

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Barnwell, near Oundle

Postcode: PE8 5PB

River: Nene

- Converted into a restaurant - no wheel or any other machinery

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Brigstock

River: Harper's Brook - tributory of Nene

- Mill converted in recent years, but owner has kept some machinery intact, and is restoring the wheel, even though the brook has been cut off and dried up.

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Cogenhoe

River: Nene

- Office to caravan site, no wheel or machinery

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Croughton (naer Brackley)

River: trib of Cherwell

- Very derelict site. Joined to mill house and barn. According to locals there is no preservation order or protection of any kind on the mill despite its great age and interest. No wheel or machinery. As of feb 2006, being converted into house.

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Great Doddington (near Wellingborough)

River: Nene

- Known as "Hardwater mill". Converted into dwelling.

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Isham mill, near Kettering

- Foundations survive. Built 1848 on site of former mill. Contains two peak stones. Partly demolished 1947.

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Islip

River: Nene

- Externally complete (apart from a number of windows added). No gear within. The wooden wheel remains in a ruined condition.

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Mill Road, Wellingborough

- Built 1877 on site of earlier watermill named "Little Mill". This mill was a large industrial type known as "Pages Mill". Gear removed in 1980's, it was burnt down in January 2002.

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Thrapston

River: Nene

- Partly demolished in 1986

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Turnell's mill, Wellingborough

River: Nene

- Wheel and other machinery exist, even though mill building was demolished in 1975.

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Twyford mills

River: Cherwell

- Village is in Oxfordshire, with the river as boundary. Mills are on the Northants side of the river.

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Upper Woodford (known as Willy Watt mill).

River: Nene

- Said to be one of the best preserved mills in Northamptonshire. It has two waterwheels, both are derelict.

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Upton mill, Northampton

River: Nene

- Preserved but empty. Owned by the Spokes family (original millers).

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Yarwell

River: Nene

- Stopped work 30's, altered into grain store in 1950's, much modified since.

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