By Domesday, Walcot was reckoned to be an outlying farmstead of Wellington, where that manor’s mill may have been situated. Milling continued to a play an important role in village life until the early years of the 20th Century; the mill itself was demolished in 1961. However, near to the Tern itself, the mill race can still be seen, while the southern end of the bridge over the river is notable as the last edifice to be designed by William Hayward, architect of the Thames Bridge at Henley.