Originally called The Retreat, Morris renamed it after the Oxfordshire village of Kelmscott where he had lived at Kelmscott Manor from June 1871.
He then found work on a farm in Kelmscott, but in January 1865 a neighbour's steer was killed and eaten, and Johns was accused of having done the deed.
There are large watermills (none working) on the river in fairly quick succession, firstly at Little Faringdon close to Lechlade the second town named after the river, then at "Lechlade Mill," and finally Priory Mill which is situated on the Kelmscott road.
To which timber logs could be floated from where they were cut in Kelmscott and Jarrahdale for transportation to a mill by barge.
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Hannah Buckingham (Salter) married Thomas Buckingham in 1871 and lived in Kelmscott.