Report - Three Bridge Mill, Buckingham August 2020

[Jvkelynch1]

Bit late to reply to this, I live within minutes of this place and yes, have some info regarding the place (albeit minimal) and about 50+ photos.

starting with your above info, yes correct the Mr Taylor died in 2011, his wife as far as I am aware still alive and now lives towards oxford - the house was left in 2011 after some issues within the family (dont know too many details regarding these issues) the house was totally untouched from 2011 until it was auctioned off in 2017 to another local guy. The house still had absolutely everything inside, including clothes in the wardrobe, food in the fridge (I’ll let you guys imagine the smell ) the TV was still on standby, it literally looked as if someone had just popped out for a walk and never returned. All the vehicles that belonged to Mr Taylor were in the garages and all around the land.

Shortly after the auction the house was cleared, the what was once incredibly overgrown frontage totally redone, including new fencing, gravel and just opening up the whole area, the property was then put back up for sale in 2018 and apparently sold, however who now owns it is a mystery. A few rumours surround the guy who bought the place in 2017, some to do with planning problems, arguments with the industrial park next door etc etc (how true I’m unsure)

the house is now what seems abandoned once again and is slowly starting toget back into abit of a state, which is a shame as the people clearing the site (I am friends with these people) spend 6+ weeks on just clearing it.

i will dig out some of the photos I took back in 2017 and share them.

if people do plan on visiting here being quiet is a must, 24/7 security from the industrial estate next door monitor the place and will call the police without hesitation.

 

[Exploring With Pride 🌈]

This little water-powered mill was, unknown to myself, very close to somewhere else I went to recently. After being told about this place though I felt the need to go see it as it's in relative terms very local to me given the lack of much else around here. The small mill comes with a large attached mill house, which is completely empty and devoid of anything interesting whatsoever other than a retro kitchen at the back. The mill itself, however, is a great little time capsule with only smashed windows in the way of damage and a good few things to look at.

The only scraps of any history I can find for it (and believe me I've looked, and looked, and looked some more!) are that in the mid to late 1800s it was owned and run by the Burton family and then at some point it was sold on to the Taylor family who lived in the house and worked the mill. The last occupant, Norman Taylor, died in 2011 and that's when the house became abandoned, although the mill looks to have been disused a lot longer. At some point in the past the roof of the mill was replaced, the wood beams in the roof along with the windows are a lot newer than all the other wood inside that's for sure.

I had a good poke around and managed to find various interesting old items of farm medication and all sorts, I also squeezed myself into the small access hatch above the mill race to investigate it properly but there wasn't a whole lot to see that I couldn't take in from the hatch unfortunately, although being able to see the mill race rushing under the building up close and personal was cool.

Thanks for looking ​

Dose a recent visit here would it be ok to use ya history for my report?

 

[mookster]

Dose a recent visit here would it be ok to use ya history for my report?

Yeah sure go for it