Houghton Mill House - National Trust

Website http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-houghtonmill/

Classification Historic Building

DescriptionVarious mills have occupied this spot since the first building was erected in the year 969. In the Middle Ages, the mill was owned by the nearby Benedictine Abbey, and peasants were under an obligation to have their flour ground in the mill. Part of the flour was withheld as payment by the miller. When in 1500 the Abbot diverted the river water in order to supply the mill with sufficient power, the neighbouring village was flooded. The villagers rose up in protest, and fifteen years later they were granted permission to change the course of the water in case of an emergency.

At the Dissolution of the Monasteries, ownership of the mill reverted to the Crown.

The best-known miller is the nineteenth-century Quaker Potto Brown, a wealthy man who was so pious that he carried his ledgers to family prayer meetings in order to discuss with his Maker debts owed him. After his death, a bronze bust of him was erected.
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The AddressMill House, Mill Street, Houghton, Huntingdon, PE28 2AZ

Phone01480 301494

DateOct 19, 2006

Contact NameHoughton Mill House - National Trust

CategoryEngland > Cambridgeshire
England > Cambridgeshire > Attractions in Huntingdon

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