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| HER Number: | MDV21160 |
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| Name: | Higher Blackpool Mill, Stoke Fleming |
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Summary
Higher Blackpool Mill is one of four mills on the River Em between Riversbridge and Blackpool Sands. Now converted. No machinery survives.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 850 486 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX84NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Stoke Fleming |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | STOKE FLEMING |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX84NE/9
Monument Type(s) and Dates
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
'Higher Blackpool Corn Mill' marked on 1880s-1890s 25 inch Ordnance Survey map as a group of buildings between the road and stream. One of four mills on the River Em between Riversbridge and Blackpool Sands. Also marked on 1905 6 inch map.
Ordnance Survey, 1938, 133NE. Revision of 1904 with additions in 1938. Provisional Edition (Cartographic). SDV337495.
Shown but not marked on OS 6" 1904 revision of 1884-5. 'Mill' marked on 1962 map. Other details: Also on OS 1:10560 (1962) map.
Devon County Council, 1974, Survey of Watermills in Devon: Gazetteer (Report - Survey). SDV83967.
'Middle Mills' ceased working c40 years ago. Corn Mill. By-pass water supply. No machinery survives. Building of stone with slate roof. Wooden casement windows. 15th century.
Pim, R., 1993, Water Power in the South Hams, 13 (Article in Serial). SDV141019.
Bodman, M., 1998, Water-Powered Sites in Devon, 19 (Report - non-specific). SDV305931.
Other details: 3.
Bodman, M., 2003, Watermills and Other Water-Powered Sites in Devon, 306 (Report - Interim). SDV325576.
'Middle Mill' has been a private house for a long time and the leat has now gone. Other details: Draft Report.
Watts, S., 2008, Untitled Source (Personal Comment). SDV340251.
There appears to be some confusion between Higher and Middle Blackpool Mill. Neither Bodman or the DCC Gazetteer list Higher Mill but give its NGR for that of Middle Mill.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV141019 | Article in Serial: Pim, R.. 1993. Water Power in the South Hams. Kingsbridge History Society Recorder. 9. Unknown. 13. |
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| SDV305931 | Report - non-specific: Bodman, M.. 1998. Water-Powered Sites in Devon. A4 Spiral Bound. 19. |
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| SDV325576 | Report - Interim: Bodman, M.. 2003. Watermills and Other Water-Powered Sites in Devon. A4 Spiral Bound. 306. |
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| 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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| SDV337495 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1938. 133NE. Revision of 1904 with additions in 1938. Provisional Edition. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 6 inch Map. Map (Paper). |
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| SDV340251 | Personal Comment: Watts, S.. 2008. Not Applicable. |
| SDV83967 | Report - Survey: Devon County Council. 1974. Survey of Watermills in Devon: Gazetteer. Devon County Council Report. Unknown. A4 Bound. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV72504 | Parent of: Weir on Blackpool Lake (Monument) |
| MDV72504 | Related to: Weir on Blackpool Lake (Monument) |
| MDV21157 | Related to: Embridge Mill, Stoke Fleming (Monument) |
| MDV21159 | Related to: Lower Blackpool Mill or Blackpool Mill Farm, Stoke Fleming (Monument) |
| MDV21158 | Related to: Middle Blackpool Mill, Stoke Fleming (Monument) |
| MDV72504 | Parent of: Weir on Blackpool Lake (Monument) |
| MDV72504 | Related to: Weir on Blackpool Lake (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Feb 8 2008 12:24PM |
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