Monument record MLI89461 - Site of Leasingham Moor Mill, Leasingham
Summary
Site of Leasingham Moor Mill, Leasingham
Type and Period (4)
- PAPER MILL (Former Type) (Post Medieval - 1617 AD to 1829 AD?)
- CORN MILL (Former Type) (Post Medieval - 1617 AD to 1617 AD)
- WATERMILL (Demolished, Post Medieval to Mid 20th Century - 1617 AD to 1950 AD?)
- CORN MILL (Demolished, Post Medieval to Mid 20th Century - 1830 AD? to 1950 AD?)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
PRN
A watermill labelled Leasingham Moor Mill (corn) is shown on the 1905 Ordnance Survey map. {1}
Leasingham Moor Paper Mill was known as Bardolf Mill from c.1617 and had originally been a corn mill. The paper mill was worked from this date throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, then put up for sale on the 22nd June 1827. The mill was reverted to a corn mill after 1829 and was demolished in the 1950s. {2}
On the far side of the lock are the mill race and foundations of Evedon Paper Mill. It had seven sets of millstones and supplied paper to a Boston printing works. It was demolished in the 1930s. There are references to paper making on this site from the 17th century. {3}
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SLI3566 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902-06. 25 Inch County Series Map - Second Edition. 1:2500. 97/15.
- <2> SLI12194 Bibliographic Reference: Nott, Hugh. 2008. Papermaking in Lincolnshire 1600 to 1900. pp.38-42.
- <3> SLI2107 Index: NORTH KESTEVEN RECORDS. LEASINGHAM. NK36.32.
Map
Location
Grid reference | Centred TF 08785 48458 (19m by 19m) |
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Civil Parish | LEASINGHAM, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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