By 1880, Mill End had church buildings and so had become a village; it was no longer a hamlet. It contained St. Peter's Church 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. 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. 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.
Government
Mill End lies within Three Rivers District and is associated with three wards of Three Rivers District Council: Mill End and Maple Cross Ward contains the part of Mill End west of Church Lane/Shepherds Lane and north of the Uxbridge Road. It also contains Heronsgate, Maple Cross, and West Hyde. The district councillors representing the ward are Chris Lucas, Ann Shaw OBE, and Peter Wakeling. All are Liberal Democrats. Penn Ward contains the part of Mill End east of Church Lane/Shepherds Lane and north of the Uxbridge Road. The district councillors representing the ward are Les Mead and Sarah Nelmes. Both are Liberal Democrats. Rickmansworth Ward contains the part of Mill End south of the Uxbridge Road. It also contains central Rickmansworth, Batchworth, Batchworth Heath, and Woodcock Hill. The district councillors representing the ward are Paula Hiscocks and David Sansom. Both are Conservatives. The main responsibilities of Three Rivers District Council are:
sport, parks, allotments, open spaces, cemeteries, housing, leisure, and arts.
Three Rivers District lies within the county of Hertfordshire. So Mill End is also administered by Hertfordshire County Council. Three Rivers District lies within Hertfordshire Constabulary's police area. The elected Police and Crime Commissioner for Hertfordshire sets the policing budget, holds the Chief Constable to account, determines local policing priorities, and represents the views of residents. Most of Mill End is unparished, but the part of it north of Oakfield is in Chorleywood Civil Parish. This area forms the parish's Chorleywood Quickwood Ward. The parish councillor representing the ward is Raj Khiroya, a Liberal Democrat who was the only Chorleywood Parish councillor to be elected unopposed.
Harry Edwin Curtis JP was living in Springwell Lodge Mill End when he died on 8 December 1948. He had been a Hertfordshire County Council alderman and a chairman of Rickmansworth Urban District Council "who worked for the good of Mill End for many years and who had taken great interest in the welfare of old people". When Springwell Avenue, Mill End was built, Rickmansworth Urban District Council named it after Curtis' home, Springwell Lodge. In 1953 the council named Curtis Close in commemoration of Curtis. These road names were kept in 1972 when their pre-fabricated bungalows and houses were demolished and rebuilt.
