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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… commonable. Besides those at Blackland and Calstone nine mills stood on the Marden. The town was a centre for cloth … there is no evidence of it after 1849. 73 Several of the water mills in and near Calne were used for cloth making. 74 … L. Henly; the mill, damaged by fire in 1861 and driven by water and steam in 1871, 94 had probably gone out of use by …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… km. across the parish, was a much used source of power for mills, and in the 19th and 20th centuries sand was extracted … made at Quemerford to avoid Quemerford House and a lower water mill and to take advantage of a bridge over the Marden … route and, possibly in the mid 19th century after an upper water mill on the course of the road at Quemerford had been …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… built many houses, bought the companies supplying gas and water to the town, and provided many other public services. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… near the house. East of the house a north-south body of water, which had been formed by damming the Whetham stream, … south-western pond, north of which there was a vineyard, a water carriage took the water north-west of the natural … Libr.), 68, 74; for the mill, below, econ. hist. (Calne: mills). e.g. Bk. of Fees, ii. 734, 741; Rot. Hund. (Rec. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… W.A.M. xlvii. 215; K. H. Rogers, Wilts. and Som. Woollen Mills, 82, 87. Hist. Parl., Commons, 1509-58, i. 218; below, … manors (Quemerford; Stock); econ. hist. (Quemerford: mills, trade, and ind.). W.A.M. xlvii. 227-8; above, manors …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… there was a place for horses to be washed and watered. The water was confined to vaulted culverts between 1840 and 1843, … and pitched roofs, and included three tall chimneys and a water tower. A club house for employees was built in New Road … a description of the new mill, below, econ. hist. (Calne: mills). W.R.O., G 18/1/9; G 18/990/1; cf. Bowood Mun., map of …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Waterworks Company was formed in 1881 21 and, to supply water to the town, in 1882 was licensed by the landowner to take water springing at Calstone and took a lease of land there to … have fed the Marden, and in 1923 owners and tenants of mills on the river formed the Calne Millowners Association to …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… have been built by squatters or for workers in quarries or mills, and may not have been of high quality. Although few of … of Calne, 1828; for the mill, below, econ. hist. (Calne: mills). W.R.O. 130/76/1/1. Calne Guild Stewards' Bk. (W.R.S. … the town); for the mill, below, econ. hist. (Calne: mills [Lows]); for the farmstead, below, econ. hist. (Calne: …