A mill was recorded at Salford in the Domesday Book| of 1086. The first reference after this in any document held by Bedfordshire & Luton Archives & Records Service is not until 1750 when Richard How of Aspley Guise, in a letter to Sir Boteler Charnock of Salford noted that the miller had damaged Salford Ford by stopping up a drain [HW69].Thomas Goodman was the miller in 1827 and in his will of that year devised the mills and all his stock-in-trade to two trustees to carry on the business for his wife, Elizabeth and his children. The will was witnessed by William Perry, a grinder at the mill and was not proved until 1836.

The mill was valued in 1927 as part of the 1925 Rating Valuation Act. In his notes [DV1/C/57] the valuer noted that the mill was owned by All Souls College, Oxford [see Introduction] and tenanted by F.H.Summerford. The mill comprised a wheel house containing the mill wheel, the cog pit and three store houses. The vauler noted "Impossible to estimate sack capacity. In best conditions about 2 quarters per diem. In summer often less than one quarter". He noted that the mill stone was of 4 foot 6 inches diameter and also noted: "Tenant is responsible for wheel up to the floats and all machinery. Landlord remainder. Could not see tenant place shut up". He concluded: "Small place. Looks very seldom used" though he added "Grinds 3 times a day now"