Monument record SNP 025 - Snape Mill

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Summary

Water mill listed on dissolution survey of Snape circa 1525-1528 (S1)(R1).

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 3890 5773 (51m by 50m) Approximate
Map sheet TM35NE
Civil Parish SNAPE, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (2)

Full Description

Water mill listed on dissolution survey of Snape circa 1525-1528 (S1)(R1).
"18. Item a water mill there, containing in length 68 feet and in breadth 19 feet, lying on the south side of the monastery (SNP 009), standing east and west, and a little pightle lying between the mill north and watergate south- east, containing .... 3 roods". (The site of the mill is roughly known from finds of mill-stone fragments. A mill mentioned in Domesday as belonging to Robert Malet was probably on the same spot)(S1).

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <R1> (No record type): `The Cardinal's bundle', ms, circa 1525-1528, PRO, E36, 163.
  • <S1> (No record type): Filmer-Sankey W, `The Dissolution Survey of Snape Priory', PSIA, 35, 1983, (3), 213-221.

Finds (1)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Nov 6 2009 4:43PM

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