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Moulin à eau

Maintenay, Pas-de-Calais, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Les façades et toitures du moulin à eau et de la scierie (cad. C 111) : inscription par arrêté du 8 novembre 2011
Protection dates
2011/11/08 : inscrit MH
Type
moulin, scierie
Main period of construction
18e siècle, 19e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Address
chemin vicinal ordinaire n° 8
Commune
Maintenay
Département
Pas-de-Calais
Region
Hauts-de-France
Country
France
Coordinates
50.35976, 1.80457
Mérimée reference
PA62000128

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University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1677 map "Geographica Artesiae Comitatus tabula / per Nicolaum Visscher edita" (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam).

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Il s'agit d'un moulin du 12ème siècle situé dans la vallée de l'Authie, près de l'abbaye de Valloires dont il dépendait. Brûlé lors de la Guerre de Cent Ans, il fut probablement reconstruit au cours du 18ème siècle. A la fin du 19ème siècle, il est exploité pour la production de farine et des travaux considérables sont entrepris, notamment, un barrage. La maison du meunier, attenante au moulin, est en torchis chaulé et couverte de tuiles. Le moulin est exploité jusqu'en 1930, date à laquelle il est transformé en moulin à scier le bois avec trois scies. Un bâtiment en pans de bois et torchis élevé perpendiculairement au moulin atteste de cette activité qui cessa en 1975. Durant la décennie 1990, l'ensemble est restauré, un musée est ouvert dans le moulin et une boulangerie artisanale est installée.

English translation

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This is a mill of the 12th century situated in the valley of the Authie, near the abbey of Valloires of which it depended. Burned during the Hundred Years' War, it was probably rebuilt during the 18th century. At the end of the 19th century, it is operated for the production of flour and considerable works are undertaken, notably, a dam. The house of the miller, adjoining the mill, is in whitewashed timber and thatch and covered with tiles. The mill is operated until 1930, at which date it is transformed into a mill for sawing wood with three saws. A building in timber framing and thatch erected perpendicular to the mill attests to this activity which ceased in 1975. During the 1990s, the whole is restored, a museum is opened in the mill and an artisanal bakery is installed.

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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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