Monument record 2004/1 - Mill at Wimbolds Trafford

Mill at Wimbolds Trafford. Mentioned in 1303 as 'le Mulnemor', which means 'marsh at the mill'. Location is not identified. Watermills are known to have been used in Britain during Roman and Saxon times. In the Domesday survey of 1086, around 6,000 mills were recorded. In medieval times each manor that the right to have its own mill with the peasants forced to use it. A tax was payable on all corn ground and there were fines for those to tried to mill corn in their own homes using hand querns.