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Summary

A leat once ran to Mill Cottage, east of Whiddon Park House and this is where there was likely a working waterwheel in 1897, according to documentary sources recording a 'water-powered thrashing machine'.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• HOUSE (XVIII to XIX - 1800 AD? (Between) to 1849 AD (Between))
• MILL (XVIII to XIX - 1800 AD? (Between) to 1849 AD (Between))

Full description

South West Heritage Trust, 1838-1848, Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments, Plot 1754 (Cartographic). SDV359954.

'Whiddon' is depicted on the Tithe Map; this building included. 'House, offices and garden' noted on the apportionment for plot 1754.

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

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

Bodman, M., 2015, Mills on the Teign. A gazetteer of water-powered sites on the Teign and Bovey and their tributaries, 56 (Monograph). SDV360401.

Whiddon Park, Chagford SX 7214 8928. A leat once ran to Mill Cottage, east of Whiddon Park House and this is where there was likely a working waterwheel in 1897, according to documentary sources recording a 'water-powered thrashing machine'.

Ordnance Survey, 2024, Mastermap 2024 (Cartographic). SDV365834.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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