Monument record MDR11339 - Priory Mill (site of), Repton

The lowest mill on the Repton Brook belonged to the Priory which was founded in Repton in about 1170 and was dissolved in 1538. An indenture dated 1539 notes that property purchased by Thomas Thacker included 'a water-mill adjoining the monastery'. It is not clear when the mill disappeared but its existence is noted on a plaque on an arch on the school wall at Brook End which reads: 'Under this arch once flowed the water to the Priory mill. The arch was moved nine yards to the present position in March 1905'. (1, 2) A map of Repton dated 1829 shows a watercourse running across the former precinct grounds, broadened out in its centre to form a long narrow pond. This may represent the approximate course of the former mill leat. (3)