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Summary

Site of Higher or Town Mill. The earliest documentary reference is in 1781 but it is said to be the site of the medieval manorial mill. The fact that it is close to the church and in apparently the oldest part of the village supports this theory. The mill was still working in 1908.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: 448630
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SY08SE/39
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SY08SE/7
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SY08SE1

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• WATERMILL (Early Medieval to XVIII - 1066 AD (Between) to 1800 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, SY08SE1 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV106932.

Site visit 10th July 1953. The site is traceable by a piece of walling and the iron wheel of the building which existed in 1890. These remains are probably 19th century. The mill race and stream still exist.

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.

A long, broadly rectangular building is shown, end on to the stream. Recorded on the East Budleigh Tithe Apportionment as Town mills, house, etc (Plot 1342).

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Higher Mill (Corn) marked.

Brushfield, T. N., 1890, Notes on the Parish of East Budleigh, 291-292 (Article in Serial). SDV115749.

Medieval manorial mill. The site is adjacent to the south-west angle of the churchyard, and is apparently in the oldest part of the village. The leat carrying water to it has been formed by a deep cutting. The wheel is undershot by water.

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

'Higher Mill (Corn)' shown.

Devon County Council, 1974, Survey of Watermills in Devon: Gazetteer (Report - Survey). SDV83967.

Phillips, M. C. + Wilson, R. E., 1975, Water Mills in East Devon, Part IV, 130 (Article in Serial). SDV130238.

Town mill or Higher Budleigh Mill. A former water-powered grist and flour mills. The mill building has gone. Its surviving overshot wheel is 16ft diameter and 3ft wide, in bad condition. Water to the mill is supplied by a leat from the East Budleigh Stream. The earliest documentary reference is in 1781. It was still in operation in 1908.

Bodman, M., 1998, Water-Powered Sites in Devon, 21.6 (Report - non-specific). SDV305931.

Fisher, J., 1999, East Devon Conservation Area Appraisals: East Budleigh, 6 (Report - non-specific). SDV346582.

A corn mill once known as Higher Mill once occupied a site about 50 metres west of the village hall.

Exeter Archaeology, 2003-2004, East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey, Site No. 2171 (Archive - Survey). SDV351568.

Town Mill. Former water powered grist and flour mills. Documented in 1781. Building does not survive.
SMR.

Exeter Archaeology, 2003-2004, East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey, Site No. 2177 (Archive - Survey). SDV351568.

Site of medieval manorial mill. Adjacent to southwest angle of churchyard in apparently the oldest part of the village. Section of wall and iron wheel (probably 19th century date) remained in 1953. Building shown on Tithe Map (c. SY 0650 8493) and listed as 'Town Mills, House etc' in Tithe Apportionment (Tithe Apportionment No. 1342; owned and occupied by Joseph Tedbury).
SMR; East Budleigh Tithe Map/Tithe Apportionment c. 1845/1842.

Unknown, 2011, East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (Website). SDV346577.

Plot 1342, described as 'Town Mills, house, &c' in the East Budleigh Tithe Apportionment.

Pink, F., 2014, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Desk-Based Assessment (Interpretation). SDV357736.

Bodman, M., 2016, Water Mills and other Water-powered Sites in Devon. Revised edition, 178-179 (Report - non-specific). SDV359634.

Three water mills were mentioned at east budleigh in 1578. 'town mills' was mentioned in 1850 and 'polslo's mill' in 1983. The 1842 tithe map shows a pond. The mill was still working in 1904 but later the mill building had gone and the overshot waterwheel was in a bad condition.
'higher mill' at east budleigh was mentioned as 'town mills' in 1850 and this entry seems to refer to that mill

Sources / Further Reading

SDV106932	Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. SY08SE1. OSAD Card. Card Index.
SDV115749	Article in Serial: Brushfield, T. N.. 1890. Notes on the Parish of East Budleigh. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 22. 291-292.
SDV130238	Article in Serial: Phillips, M. C. + Wilson, R. E.. 1975. Water Mills in East Devon, Part IV. Devon & Cornwall Notes & Queries. 33.4. A5 Paperback. 130.
SDV305931	Report - non-specific: Bodman, M.. 1998. Water-Powered Sites in Devon. A4 Spiral Bound. 21.6.
SDV325644	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1904 - 1906. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV346577	Website: Unknown. 2011. East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. www.eastdevonaonb.org.uk. Website.
SDV346582	Report - non-specific: Fisher, J.. 1999. East Devon Conservation Area Appraisals: East Budleigh. East Devon District Council Report. A4 Stapled + Digital. 6.
SDV349431	Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital.
SDV351568	Archive - Survey: Exeter Archaeology. 2003-2004. East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey. East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey. Digital + Mixed Archive Material. Site No. 2171.
SDV357736	Interpretation: Pink, F.. 2014. South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Desk-Based Assessment. AC Archaeology Report. ACD618/4/3. Digital.
	Linked documents:1
SDV359634	Report - non-specific: Bodman, M.. 2016. Water Mills and other Water-powered Sites in Devon. Revised edition. A4 Comb Bound. 178-179.
SDV83967	Report - Survey: Devon County Council. 1974. Survey of Watermills in Devon: Gazetteer. Devon County Council Report. Unknown. A4 Bound.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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