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Since the Outland Mill was served by the Devonport Leat it is unlikely that it was built until the Leat was completed in 1801. It was the only water-mill in the parish of Stoke Damerel and is sometimes referred to as Swilly Corn Mills. At the time of the 1851 census, William Blatchford & Son were the millers. William senior was then a widower, aged 64-years-old. He came from Launceston. His son, also William, was 29-years-old and born in Pennycross. The younger William's wife, Emlin, came from St Cleer in Cornwall. 23-years-old James Blatchford, a nephew, was also a miller and 20-years-old Peter Stephens from South Molton was their apprentice. Also living at the Mill were Mary Blatvchford, a neice, James Bowden, the cart man, John Lee, a labourer and Ann Avery, a servant. By 1890 the mill was being run by Charles and David Stanbury. Outland Mill was still in existence in 1920 but had disappeared beneath the houses on the corner of Lyndhurst Road and Seagrave Road by 1938.
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