Calcot Mill

Calcot Mill

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 in the civil parish of Holybrook and to the south of Calcot, a suburb of Reading.

The mill originally 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.cite book | title = The Holy Brook or The Granators Tale | first = Adam | last = Sowen | coauthors = Castle, Sally; Hay, Peter | publisher = Two Rivers Press | date = 2003 | isbn = 1-901677-34-6]

See also

*List of watermills in the United Kingdom

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