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Stoke Mill is a 19th century corn mill on the
*The first known tenant was John Russel in 1740
*Jasper Franks was tenant in 1842
*John Holden was miller until 1847
*H Saunders held the lease from 1850 to 1855.
*Taken over by Frederick and Henry Bowyer, whose family ran the mill until 1938.
River Wey
The River Wey is a main tributary of the River Thames in south east England. Its two branches, one of which rises near Alton in Hampshire and the other in West Sussex to the south of Haslemere, join at Tilford in Surrey. Once combined the f ...
that has been converted into offices. It is situated off the Woking Road just north of Guildford
Guildford ()
is a town in west Surrey, around southwest of central London. As of the 2011 census, the town has a population of about 77,000 and is the seat of the wider Borough of Guildford, which had around inhabitants in . The name "Guildf ...
town centre. It forms the centrepiece of a small group of buildings that includes the Grade II listed
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...
Stoke Mill House.
History
Domesday
Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manusc ...
lists a mill
Mill may refer to:
Science and technology
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* Mill (grinding)
* Milling (machining)
* Millwork
* Textile mill
* Steel mill, a factory for the manufacture of steel
* List of types of mill
* Mill, the arithmetic unit of the Analytical Engine early ...
at ''Stochae'' on the King's land. About 1635, Sir Richard Weston built the first paper mill in Surrey here. By 1740 it was also used for grinding corn. This was eventually replaced by a single story mill, with three pairs of stones, after the original was destroyed by fire in 1863. Papermaking ceased in 1869. In 1879 a modern five-story brick built corn mill was constructed alongside and the older mill became a store. In 1894 the new mill was converted to metal rollers to grind the corn and a water turbine had replaced the waterwheel by 1915. The mill ceased working in 1957. After a period of commercial use as a store and boatyard, the building was converted to offices in 1989, initially for the Crown Prosecution Service
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is the principal public agency for conducting criminal prosecutions in England and Wales. It is headed by the Director of Public Prosecutions.
The main responsibilities of the CPS are to provide legal adv ...
, and is now occupied by the Surrey Advertiser Group.
Millers
*The first known tenant was John Russel in 1740
*Jasper Franks was tenant in 1842
*John Holden was miller until 1847
*H Saunders held the lease from 1850 to 1855.
*Taken over by Frederick and Henry Bowyer, whose family ran the mill until 1938.
See also
*Mills on the River Wey and its tributaries
Many watermills lined the banks of the River Wey, England, from the 17th century due to the river's ability to provide a reliable, year-round flow of water. These mills chiefly ground wheat, often referred to as corn, for flour and oats for anim ...
*List of watermills in the United Kingdom
The use of water power in Britain was at its peak just before the Industrial Revolution. The need for power was great and steam power had not yet become established. It is estimated that at this time there were well in excess of ten thousand waterm ...
References
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