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BLAXTON MILL, TAMERTON FOLIOT

Blaxton Mill was a flour and grist mill in the parish of Tamerton Foliot.  Map reference 466634.

Map extract showing Blaxton Mill in relation to Blaxton Farm, Tamerton Foliot.

A map extract showing Blaxton Mill in relation to
Blaxton Farm, Tamerton Foliot.

According to the parish tithe map of 1839, it was owned by Sir Ralph Lopes and occupied by Mr James Couch.  The mill pond covered 9 acres.

At the time of the census in 1851, the flour miller was Plympton-born, Mr George Taylor, aged 53.  He was assisted by his 24-years-old son, also called George.  George senior and his wife, Ann, had another three children, all girls, Ann, Eliza Jane and Elizabeth.  As only the youngest, 10-years-old Elizabeth, was shown as a scholar, the older daughters probably helped out with the domestic chores.

It appears to have gone, or been disused, by the 1930s.

 

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