Houghton Mill, Houghton
A water-powered corn mill in the historic county of Huntingdonshire, England.
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Mills have been recorded on this site since 974. The present mill replaces one burnt down in C17. It ceased to work in 1930 and became a Youth Hostel in 1934. In 1939 it was given to the National Trust. It is now the only surviving watermill on the River Ouse in the old county of Huntingdonshire and is Grade II* Listed.
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| Power source | Water |
| Mill type | Watermill |
| River | Great Ouse |
| Mill function | Corn mill |
| Archive ID | 7881 |
| Location | Houghton |
| Historic county | Huntingdonshire |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| NGR | TL 28160 71975 |
| Latitude/longitude | 52.33092900, -0.12060500 |
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- Historic England National Heritage List for England
- https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/houghton-mill-and-waterclose-meadows
- Ordnance Survey 25 inch map, Huntingdonshire XVIII.15 (1888)
- Robert Stevens, Cambridgeshire windmills and watermills (Cambridgeshire Wind and Watermill Society, 1985)
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