Hyde Mill

The following is an extract from British History Online: -

"The mill mentioned in 1086 may have been Hide Mill. In the 12th century there were two mills belonging to the infirmary of Evesham Abbey and described as 'of Stow' and 'below Stow', suggesting that one at least was Hide Mill. In 1291 a mill in Maugersbury belonged to the abbey's chamberlain, and in 1373 Hide Mill was one of two belonging to the chamberlain. In 1401 and 1539 Hide Mill was held with ½ yardland* as copyhold**of Maugersbury manor, but was subsequently severed from the manor and owned in 1766 (as in 1792 and 1815) by the Horseman family. For most of the 19th century it was owned by the Reynolds family and continued as a corn-mill into the 1920's. It was converted into a house apparently c. 1927, when the path through the mill was diverted."

*Yardland is a medieval term for an area of land of 15 to 40 acres, depending on region.

** Copyhold was a form of tenure that involved land being held from a manor during the Middle Ages.

Hyde Mill Meadow

Adjacent to Hyde Mill is an extremely wildlife-rich meadow in the floodplain of the River Dickler. It is a spectacular sight in the summer when orchids such as the common-spotted and southern-marsh bloom. The Coronation Meadow at Hyde Mill is one of 90 new meadows, totalling over 1000 acres,  created through the Coronation Meadows project to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.