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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a little above this a weir, formed for the benefit of some mills for grinding corn, and pulverizing bones for manure. … the river Blackwater, on which are several extensive flour-mills. A pleasure-fair is held in July. The parish comprises …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… in 1322 22 and 1336, 23 as also in 1593. 24 The mills and their watercourses were extensively repaired in … 28 The fulling-mill was enlarged, for in 1549 the mills were described as two corn-mills and two fulling-mills called Whitnesters mills. 29 The …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… was altered to provide for Wheatenhurst and Fromebridge mills, both mentioned in 1086, 6 and the division of the … altered if not made to provide for the needs of Framilode Mills, which gave cause for disputes. 7 In the 1740s part of … and including the parish church, the manor-house, and the mills, 19 has characteristics to suggest that it preceded the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… In that year the Crown leased the manor, without the mills, manor-house, and demesne lands of which the ownership … Thomas Little; 6 in 1591 Richard Bird had the lease of two mills, the manor-house of Wheatenhurst, and demesne lands …