ST6848 : Coleford: The Mill
near to Coleford, Somerset, Great Britain

Coleford: The Mill
Coleford Mill, seen from a public footpath, once a track, that runs to Leigh-on-Mendip. This building is thought to date from 1794, just before construction started on the ill-fated Dorset & Somerset Canal. The mill worked until 1919 and was rescued from dereliction in the 1960s. A 15’ diameter breastshot waterwheel remained in situ within the structure in the 1980s. It was powered by the Mells Stream, which once drove many waterwheels in the valley between Nettlebridge and Frome. Mells is said to be a corruption of ‘mills’
- Grid Square
- ST6848, 7 images (more nearby - lo-fi)
- Photographer
- Martin Bodman (find more nearby)
- Image classification
- Geograph
- Date Taken
- Friday, 8 August, 2008 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Saturday, 9 August, 2008
- Category
- Watermill (more nearby)
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
ST 685 486 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:14.1534N 2:27.1029W - Photographer Location
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OSGB36:
ST 685 486 - View Direction
- South-southwest (about 202 degrees)
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