Mill End was historically a
hamlet in the parish of Rickmansworth. By the 1870s, Mill End had church buildings and so had become a
village; it was no longer a hamlet. It contained St. Peter's Church (built in 1874–5) and a Baptist chapel. St Peter's was a small flint building with Bath-stone dressings. The village also had a paper mill, tannery, and brewery. Mill End was part of the Rickmansworth
Urban District from its creation in 1898 until the district was abolished in 1974. Another notable ancient structure at Mill End was a
timber-framed farmhouse called Shepherds Farm, mentioned in a 1294
subsidy roll with a reference to Robert Le Schephard. The subsidy roll of 1534 records the name of Robert Lane. The Lane family farmed there until 1773, when Joseph Lane sold the farm to Joseph Swannell. By 1839 the Thelluson trustees had bought it. They built a new farmhouse and used the original farmhouse as lodgings for single men employed on the farm.
Tornado Cars used to manufacture
kit cars at 90 Uxbridge Rd, Mill End. The company sold the cars either factory finished or in component form (in which case the buyer was responsible for assembling the car from the components). The first model was shown to the press in August 1958 and production of cars stopped in 1964. Tornado Cars won the 750 Motor Clubs' Six Hour Handicap Relay Race at
Silverstone twice and, at its peak, employed 60 people. The new Fairway Tyre Services building on the site is called "Tornado House" as a tribute. Most of Mill End is unparished, but the part of it north of Oakfield is in Chorleywood Civil Parish. == Geography ==