The lane to Coneygree Mill leaves Post Office Square just to the left of "Joyner's Store." The mill was built before 1712. It was powered by a second brook that flowed through Blockley, the Colebrook, which came from below Dovedale Farm. The Mill was used a to grind corn (wheat) and as a fulling mill. "Fulling" is the "banging of wool cloth with hammers to make the fibers mesh together. Then the fibers are mixed with a special clay, hence the term 'fullers earth'." This clay was available from nearby Upton Wold. It was also used as a silk mill but after the silk industry collapsed, it was converted into a men's collar and shirt front manufactory. The "...buttonholes being added by outworkers. Mrs. Horatio Webb recalled her mother chiselling the slits and making 3 button holes per collar at 3 old pence for a dozen collars."
The mill pond is now a covered reservoir and the mill has been owned by the Thames Waterworks since 1988.
The mansion of the original mill owner is on The Square, to the right of Bell Bank (lane). It later became The Bell Inn.
Sources: Blockley Mills & The Silk Trade by John Malin. Blockley, England: 1997, pg. 10, 11.