Image: King's Mill Lane Area, Oxford - geograph.org.uk - 3585157

Description: The grade II listed King's Mill on the River Cherwell in the English city of Oxford. This shot views the mill across the mill leat from the downstream tip of Mesopotamia, the ait that seperates the leat from the river proper. The footpath - just visible - that links Mesopotamia Walk and Linacre College in St Cross Road (behind the photographer) with King's Mill Lane (behind the mill). A mill was recorded at this site in the Domesday Book, and milling did not cease here until as late as 1825. The stone tablet (boundary marker?) beneath the window in the single-storey part of the property reads: "J.Wyatt, Mayor + Warburton, Sheriff + 1843". James Wyatt (1774–1853) was a wood carver and gilder specialising in making and selling ornate picture frames. He was the Mayor of Oxford for the 1842/3 period. George H. Warburton (1795–1861) was a successful grocer and was elected Sheriff of Oxford for 1843/4. He was also made an Alderman on 9 November 1850, the same day that he was elected Mayor of Oxford for 1850/1. The mill appears to be a private residence at present.
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