More information : "A marle Pit in Mill Field". (1)
The site is in Meashill Farm... "The mill field about an acre, is not clearly distinguished, but it may be the bit south of the marl pits. The mill must have been the one where Humphrey Pendrell carried on his business, now known as Shackerley Mill, formerly pertaining to the Convent of White Ladies".
The relative positions of Meeshill Farm SJ 82400826 and Shackerley Mill SJ 80850635 do not appear to support this. (2)
The five Penderell brothers were loyal to the Royalist cause at the time of the escape of King Charles II after the Battle of Worcester, September 3rd 1651, "...the fourth being Humphrey, a miller..." (3)
There are no visible remains of a mill at Meesehill Farm, and Mr. Brown, the occupier knew of no tradition of a mill there. The area to the south of the marl pits (published on O.S. 6") consists of pasture field on the west facing slopes of a hill. It has no stream, and a mill there would of necessity have been a windmill. At SJ 82640772, in much closer proximity to the Convent of White Ladies are what appear to be the remains of a mill bay. An annotated survey has been made on 25" A.M. (4)
The eastern, detached section, of the mill-bay was removed by Mr Brown in 1968. (5)
The remains survive as surveyed in 1959. Published survey 1:2500 revised. (6)
The area of the pond bay along the track is vegetation covered, the arm of the pond bay in the field is under plough. (7)
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