MSO7473 - Chesters Mill, Luxborough (Monument)

The site of a corn mill known from documentary sources. Little to see on the ground except position of the wheel. Leat now infilled but left the stream at SS 9793 3750 400 yards upstream where there are the remains of a sluice. At SS 9779 3752 there is a sluice in conjunction with a dam. Mill also owned land and for at least 200 years has gone with Butchers Farm. Not mentioned in 1871 census return or 1872 Kelly's Directory but shown on 1772 map. [1,2] Was a corn mill with overshot wheel c12 feet in diameter. [3] This record was enhanced as part of the National Record of the Historic Environment to Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Record data transfer project. [4] The mill is recorded on the circa 1840 tithe as Chesters Mill, with plot 175 recorded as House, Garden, Orchard, and Mill. [5] This record was enhanced by Cornwall HER for the Forestry Commission's Project K. [6]