TR 15 NW 427 - Abbot of St Augustine's Mill - Historic Environment Record

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Monument record TR 15 NW 427 - Abbot of St Augustine's Mill

Summary

Water-powered cornmill situated on the eastern arm of the River Stour close to where to river ran under the city wall at St Rundegunds. The mill was destroyed by fire in 1933.

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Grid reference	TR 1497 5819 (point) FCE
Map sheet	TR15NW
District	CANTERBURY, KENT
Civil Parish	CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

MILL (MILL, Medieval to Modern - 1066 AD to 1933 AD)

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(TR 14915821. Sited from CAT Topo Map). ? Mill. (1) Abbot of St Augustine's Mill. (2-3) The Abbot's Mill, on the eastern arm of the River Stour, stood close to the point where the river ran under the city wall in St Radegunds. A rioting mob attacked the abbey mill in St Radegunds in 1257. It finally went out of action after a fire in 1933. (4) Recorded by NRIM, photographed. (5)

<1> CAT Topo maps of Cant 2nd ed 1982 c1050 (OS Card Reference). SKE38735.

<2> CAT Topo Maps of Cant 2nd ed 1982 c1200 (OS Card Reference). SKE38737.

<3> CAT Topo maps of Cant 2nd ed 1982 c1500 (OS Card Reference). SKE38738.

<4> Cant under the Angevin Kings 1967 124 168 (W Urry) (OS Card Reference). SKE38516.

<5> National Record of Industrial Monuments (NRIM): Index Cards (Index). SKE53912.

Sources/Archives (5)

<1> SKE38735 OS Card Reference: CAT Topo maps of Cant 2nd ed 1982 c1050.
<2> SKE38737 OS Card Reference: CAT Topo Maps of Cant 2nd ed 1982 c1200.
<3> SKE38738 OS Card Reference: CAT Topo maps of Cant 2nd ed 1982 c1500.
<4> SKE38516 OS Card Reference: Cant under the Angevin Kings 1967 124 168 (W Urry).
<5> SKE53912 Index: National Record of Industrial Monuments (NRIM): Index Cards.