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BUMSLEY MILL

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The original date of the mill is uncertain. It was shown on the 1839 tithe map. The buildings were incorporated into holiday cottages around 1988. The owner reports that there were 2 water wheels.

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SS 6568 4591. Bumsley Mill.

The mill at Bumsley, shown on the 1839 Tithe map (1), is no longer in use. The buildings were incorporated into holiday cottages in about 1988 and it is now difficult to ascertain their original form. According to the present owner Mr Casey (2), who took over the property recently, there were two water wheels. The main wheel was situated at the southern end of the building at SS 65676 45902 and was presumably used to grind corn and work farm machinery. This was probably an overshot wheel as the leat taking water to it can still be traced on the slope above the rear of the building. The other was situated on the River Heddon at SS 65663 45908 and powered a smithy. From the position of the present buildings in relation to the Heddon this was most probably an under shot wheel worked directly from the river. An old millwheel is laid on the ground at SS 65682 45917.

The waters of the Heddon were taken from a weir at SS 65503 45587 and conveyed mill-pond immediately to the north. The mill-pond, is still in situ with a large earthern dam on its north side. A by-pass leat, still flowing, leads around the west side of this pond and feeds back into the Heddon at SS 65527 45694, some 15m south of this point. All these features are still evident on the ground though somewhat overgrown with scrub and vegetation. Note: A pond and dam have been constructed to the west of the mill-pond. (3)

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( 1) Externally held archive reference

Parracombe Tithe Map 1839 Devon Record Office.

( 2) Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments

( 3) Field Investigators Comments

Sainsbury IS 8-Sep-93 RCHME Field Investigation.

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