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| HER Number: | MDV71215 |
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| Name: | Bow Mill |
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Summary
Site of Bow Mill with a mill pond & leat shown on 19C maps
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 717 015 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS70SW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Bow |
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| District | Mid Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BOW |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- MILL (XIX - 1801 AD to 1900 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1880s, Ordnance Survey (Cartographic). SDV848.
Site of 'Bow Mill (Corn)' shown on OS 25" (1880s) map as a group of three buildings to the west of Bow Mill Lane. A leat from the River Yeo at SS71750146 runs east via a 'sluice' then north to a rectilinear pond to the south of the mill at SS71800157. The leat rejoins the river to the west of the mill at SS71730159.
Bodman, M., 1998, Water-Powered Sites in Devon, 36 (Report - non-specific). SDV305931.
Other details: 133.
Bodman, M., 2003, Watermills and Other Water-Powered Sites in Devon, 217 (Report - Interim). SDV325576.
Bow Mills were described in 1841 as 'Water Corn Mills'.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV305931 | Report - non-specific: Bodman, M.. 1998. Water-Powered Sites in Devon. A4 Spiral Bound. 36. |
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| SDV325576 | Report - Interim: Bodman, M.. 2003. Watermills and Other Water-Powered Sites in Devon. A4 Spiral Bound. 217. |
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| SDV848 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880s. Ordnance Survey. 25". |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | May 4 2006 9:19PM |
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