Three Rivers Museum Trust chairman Fabian Hiscock explains why the story of an area of Three Rivers is important in its own right.
Mill End 1970s – the Vine and former Spotted Dog pubs Image: Rickmansworth Historical Society/Geoff Saul collection
Why it was called Mill End isn’t clear, but it was certainly so before the end of the 15th century, probably before there was a mill – a local man bequeathed two houses there in 1497, and in 1588 the inhabitants tried to get an unruly ale house shut down.
There have, of course, been places of worship and education. The Methodist church stands in Berry Lane, and the Ebenezer Chapel was built and used by the Baptist church from 1823 to 1946, when they moved to Field Way. St Peter’s parish church was built in 1875, and provided a school from 1880 . York House school occupied Moneyhill House from 1950 before it moved to Croxley Green, and a new senior school was opened in 1936.
Despite the modest industrial establishments, the main occupation was agriculture. Until close to the end of the 19th century most of the land was for farming, and remained so until after World War Two. So Shepherds, Two Stones, Mill End and Long Lane Stockers Farms occupied the land along the Uxbridge Road between Parsonage and Woodoaks, and between them employed many of the people.
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