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Guy's Cliffe
Guy's Cliffe is a hamlet on the River Avon between Warwick and Old Milverton in Warwickshire, England and in the civil parish of Leek Wootton and Guy's Cliffe...
, Warwickshire, England, situated about one mile northeast of the town of Warwick
Warwick
Warwick is the county town of Warwickshire, England. The town lies upon the River Avon, south of Coventry and just west of Leamington Spa and Whitnash with which it is conjoined. As of the 2001 United Kingdom census, it had a population of 23,350...
. It is now a restaurant and bar. It is on the River Avon
River Avon, Warwickshire
The River Avon or Avon is a river in or adjoining the counties of Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire in the Midlands of England...
and it has a waterwheel, although a larger waterwheel has gone.
History
The mill was originally called Gibbeclive Mill in the 12th century. It was the property of St Mary's Abbey, KenilworthSt Mary's Abbey, Kenilworth
The remains of St Mary's Abbey, of Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England are situated in the grounds of St Nicholas' Church and in an adjacent area of Abbey Fields. Some of its ruins are above ground and some are below ground.-History:...
and the Augustinian
Augustinians
The term Augustinians, named after Saint Augustine of Hippo , applies to two separate and unrelated types of Catholic religious orders:...
canon
Canon (priest)
A canon is a priest or minister who is a member of certain bodies of the Christian clergy subject to an ecclesiastical rule ....
s until the Dissolution of the Monasteries
Dissolution of the Monasteries
The Dissolution of the Monasteries, sometimes referred to as the Suppression of the Monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541 by which Henry VIII disbanded monasteries, priories, convents and friaries in England, Wales and Ireland; appropriated their...
. It was rebuilt in 1822. It was a working mill until 1938, and it was converted into a restaurant and bar in 1952.
As of 2008, the restaurant has a glass window cut-away in the floor where the water can be seen flowing under the building.