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| HER Number: | MDV21142 |
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| Name: | MILL in the Parish of East Allington |
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Summary
Flear mills.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 765 461 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX74NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | East Allington |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | EAST ALLINGTON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX74NE/23
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- MILL (Early Medieval to XXI - 1066 AD to 2009 AD (Between))
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV148.
'flear mill (corn disused)' shown an os 25" (1880s) map as a group of buildings between the mill leat running north to south to the west and a stream to the east (os).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV173242.
Flear mills.
1963, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV173244.
Vis='flear mill' shown on os 6" (1904). Disused mill shown on os 6" (1963) (os).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV173247.
Des=dcc/survey of watermills in devon/(1974)gazetteer.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV173248.
Des=os 6"(1904)sheet 132se.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV173249.
Pim,r. /kingsbridge history society recorder/9(1993)12/water power in the south hams/in smr.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV173250.
Bodman,m. /water-powered sites in devon/(1998)19,26/in smr.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV173251.
Des=os 25" (1880s).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV173252.
Des=bodman,m. /watermills and other water-powered sites in devon/(september 2003)159/interim draft report in smr.
DCC MILLS SURVEY, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV178159.
Vis=estimated -/-/1973 (anon).17th century gristmill converted to saw mill.(dcc mills survey).
Bodman, M., 1998, Water-Powered Sites in Devon (Report - non-specific). SDV305931.
A fulling mill was mentioned at 'upper fleare' in 1613, three grist mills in 'fleer' in 1624, two grist mills in 'lower fleare' in 1651 and a fulling mill and grist mills at 'higher flear mills' in 1663. In 1795 'flear mills' was described as consisting of a farmhouse and '150 acres of land meadow and orchard', with a stable and pigsties as well as 'water grist and corn mills'. In 1878 the mill machinery, stones and waterwheel were complete but a few years later it was 'disused' (bodman).
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV148 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV173242 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV173244 | Report - Survey: 1963. |
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| SDV173247 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV173248 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV173249 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV173250 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV173251 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV173252 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV178159 | Migrated Record: DCC MILLS SURVEY. |
| SDV305931 | Report - non-specific: Bodman, M.. 1998. Water-Powered Sites in Devon. A4 Spiral Bound. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV68422 | Related to: Leat in the Parish of Buckland-Tout-Saints, East Allington, Frogmore and Sherford (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | May 9 2019 3:16PM |
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