Monument record LRM 006 - Letheringham Water Mill (PMed)

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Summary

Letheringham Water Mill on River Deben.

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Grid reference	Centred TM 27952 58148 (100m by 100m)
Map sheet	TM25NE
Civil Parish	LETHERINGHAM, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

WATERMILL (18th century to 19th century - 1701 AD to 1800 AD)

Full Description

Letheringham Water Mill on River Deben. Wheel powered with 2 sets of stones. Listed as derelict in 1964-5 (S1). Shown on Hodskinson's map of 1783. Built circa 1730 according to (S2), although note John Bullard & son, tenants of Letheringham Mill, were murdered in 1698/9 by Jonas Snell, who was hanged at Wickham Market in 1699 (S2). A (water) mill is listed in Letheringham in 1086.
Also MSax pottery.

Sources/Archives (3)

<S1> SSF22706 (No record type): Wailes R, `Suffolk Watermills', Trans Newcomen Soc, 37, 1964-5, 110.
<M1> SSF39693 (No record type): Mills file:.
<S2> SSF6972 (No record type): Goult W, `A Survey of Suffolk Parish History', SCC, 1990.

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Record last edited

Mar 22 2007 11:16AM