Calcot Mill

Calcot Mill
Location of Calcot Mill in Berkshire
Type	Watermill
Location	Mill Lane, Calcot
Coordinates	51°26′17″N1°02′18″W / 51.4381°N 1.0383°W / 51.4381; -1.0383
Area	Berkshire

Calcot Mill is an historic former watermill on the Holy Brook, a channel of the River Kennet in the English county of Berkshire. The mill is situated to the south of Calcot, a suburb of Reading, in the civil parish of Holybrook, formerly in the parish of Theale and earlier still in the parish of Tilehurst.^{[ citation needed ]}

The original mill belonged to Reading Abbey, whose monks are believed to have created the Holy Brook as a water supply to this and other mills owned by them. ^[1]

Between 1876 and 1928 the GWR operated a siding serving the mill which was shunted by a horse. ^[2]

In 1966, the mill, then owned by Calcot Flour Mills, was badly damaged by fire. ^[3] Since then the building has been converted to apartments.

See also

• List of watermills in the United Kingdom

References

1. Sowen, Adam; Castle, Sally; Hay, Peter (2003). The Holy Brook or The Granators Tale. Two Rivers Press. ISBN   1-901677-34-6.
2. "West Berkshire HER". Heritage Gateway. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
3. Flour Mill Fire, The Daily Telegraph, 14 November 1966