Gunthwaite was colonised between 1086 and 1120. The first documented reference to a corn mill in the manor was in 1359 when John and Christina Gunthwaite were granted the manor and water mill (Umpleby 2000,86). There was a new corn mill constructed further east along the Clough Dike in the 17th century (HSY6133). This replaced the mill on this site. There is now little sign of the water powered site as remains have been heavily overgrown. Before the establishment of Gunthwaite Park in around 1500 this may have been an area of open fields associated with the settlement at Ingbirchworth. There is no legibility of this.