Loddiswell, Mill 1890
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Photo ref:
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This is New Mill: despite its name, it has existed for centuries. Three pairs of stones were driven by a water wheel, and produced 100 sacks of flour a week in 1869. The bridge over the Avon was built in 1893.
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A Selection of Memories from Loddiswell
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Loddiswell
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My grandparents lived in the house nextdoor to the Turks Head from c1952 to c1961. The house was called Woodbine House in those days and all the windows faced the street. The garden was across the street and my grandfather kept chickens and grew vegetables and my grandmother tended the flower garden. I believe the the people who ran the Turks Head were called Mr and Mrs Cherry. My ...see more
I was fortunate to be at Loddiswell Primary school in the last few years of the reign of Ms Christian Michell and Ms Margaret Common, in the late 60s. In these days the summers were always very hot, and winters very cold with plenty of snow to have fun in. These ladies were formidable, and I still shudder a little thinking of them. There were other teachers I vaguely remember, but these two left an ...see more
Recently we took my Dad's Canadian cousin to this spot. John Pine (her father) was born here at New Mills, Loddiswell in 1889. William Henry Pine (my great grandfather) was miller and parish overseer. In our family photos we have an identical photograph and family lore is that they remembered the photograph being taken. After working at New Mills my great grandfather moved to Garden Mills, Kingsbridge. ...see more
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