Monument record 640/1 - Medieval Mill

Antrobus mill is mentioned in 1520 in the manuscripts of the Leicester-Warren family at Tabley House as "Anturbus Myln". Its exact location is unknown. 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.