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| HER Number: | MDV54308 |
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| Name: | Buscombe Mill, Challacombe |
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Summary
Buscombe Farm once had a mill for grinding animal feed and which was also a sawmill. It was last used in 1936. The leat has been filled in.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 683 393 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS63NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Challacombe |
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| District | North Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | CHALLACOMBE |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Traditional farm buildings marked on nineteenth century mapping at Buscombe Farm and earthworks of a catch watermeadow south of Buscombe Farm
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SS63NE/37/1
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- WATERMILL (XIX to Late 20th Century - 1801 AD to 2000 AD (Between))
Full description
WATERMILLS, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV18616.
Buscombe mill. No remains of mill, which was once used for grinding animal feed, and as a sawmill. The fortescue estate, which once owned the farm, sold off a lot of its mills in the 1930's. Leat filled in. Last used as a mill in 1936 (watermills).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV87620.
Des=watermills in north devon 1994/(1995)8/in smr.
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
A leat is shown running alongside Buscombe Lane to the farm.
Ordnance Survey, 2020, MasterMap 2020 (Cartographic). SDV363413.
Leat no longer shown.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV18616 | Migrated Record: WATERMILLS. |
| SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV363413 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2020. MasterMap 2020. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #34215 Exact location unknown but presumed to be within farmstead, ] |
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| SDV87620 | Migrated Record: |
Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jun 5 2020 12:07PM |
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