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| HER Number: | MDV37544 |
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| Name: | MILL in the Parish of Bishop's Tawton |
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Summary
Vis=-/-/1989 (ndas) mill cottages. A local resident, remembers that there used to be a flour mill here. The mill leat may still be visible near the humpback bridge (ndas).
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 568 303 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS53SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Bishop's Tawton |
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| District | North Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BISHOPS TAWTON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SS53SE/361
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- MILL (XVIII to XXI - 1701 AD to 2009 AD (Between))
Full description
NDAS, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV78238.
Vis=-/-/1989 (ndas) mill cottages. A local resident, remembers that there used to be a flour mill here. The mill leat may still be visible near the humpback bridge (ndas).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV78242.
Ndas/north devon watermills/(1989)56.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV78243.
Watermills in north devon 1994/(1995)16/in smr.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV78244.
Des=bodman, m. /water-powered sites in devon/(1998)34 no 44/in smr.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV78245.
Des=bodman,m. /watermills and other water-powered sites in devon/(september 2003)265/interim draft report in smr.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV78246.
Des=os 25" (1880s) map.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV148.
'corn mill' shown on os 25" (1880s) map with a mill leat to the east (os).
WATERMILLS, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV18616.
Vis=estimated -/-/1994 (watermills) ngr=ss566303 a previous report refers to the remains of a wheel pit that can be seen from the bridge, but local resident pointed to a single-storey building near the bridge which, he said, was the remains of the mill building (originally much taller) and that the mill cottages stood just beyond. Leat in good condition. Mill reported to have been used as a saw-mill before wwii (watermills).
Bodman, M., 1998, Water-Powered Sites in Devon (Report - non-specific). SDV305931.
'tawton mills' described in 1796 as consisting of three mill rooms with three waterwheels as well as a house, orchard and meadow (bodman).
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV148 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV18616 | Migrated Record: WATERMILLS. |
| SDV305931 | Report - non-specific: Bodman, M.. 1998. Water-Powered Sites in Devon. A4 Spiral Bound. |
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| SDV78238 | Report - Survey: NDAS. |
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| SDV78242 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV78243 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV78244 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV78245 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV78246 | Migrated Record: |
Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Sep 30 2015 5:07PM |
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