Monument record TQ 85 SW 85 - Brandescombe (Buscombe, Fulling) Mill, Leeds

Summary

Granted to the Priory of Leeds by Robert de Crevecoeur the Younger, the then corn mill was mentioned in the will of Daniel de Crevequer, who died in 1177. Leeds priory was dissolved in 1539. In 1628, Thomas Fludd and Ralphe Buffkin sold the mill to William Cage of Lincoln's Inn, Middlesex. By this time it was a fulling mill. Cage was still the owner in 1689, when the mill was in the occupation of William Tompkin and had previously been in the occupation of Bob Potter. Potter remained in occupation until at least 1707. Hasted noted the mill was still working in 1798 and Greenwood's map of 1822 marks the mill as Shilling Mill. The mill probably had a breast-shot waterwheel as the head was not sufficient for an overshot wheel. Fulling Mill had ceased to be used as a mill by 1843, there being no entry in Bagshaw's Directory of that year. The surviving building is of the fifteenth century

Location

Grid reference TQ 8114 5406 (point) FCE
Map sheet TQ85SW
District MAIDSTONE, KENT
Civil Parish LEEDS, MAIDSTONE, KENT

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Full Description

<1> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, Site visit by D C Eve, Kent SMR October 1996 (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. Site visit by D C Eve, Kent SMR October 1996.

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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Aug 30 2019 11:52AM