ST6848 : Coleford: The Mill

near to Coleford, Somerset, Great Britain

Coleford: The Mill
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’
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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
OSGB36: geotagged! ST 685 486 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:14.1534N 2:27.1029W
Photographer Location
OSGB36: geotagged! ST 685 486
View Direction
South-southwest (about 202 degrees)
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