Monument record 1870/1 - Duddon Mill, Nineteenth Century Watermill

<1> Norris J.H., 1968, The Water-Powered Corn Mills of Cheshire, p.64 (Article in Journal). SCH6001.

A partly demolished ruin with semi-circular, arched windows, unusual in a mill, and a date of 1820. The mill stopped working approximately 1930 and the mill pond is now dry and used as a fox covert. The mill wheel was probably high breast or overshot, circa 13 feet in diameter, and is understood to have been constructed partly of wood and partly of iron, as was the machinery, driving three pairs of stones.

<2> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 142/2 c.1841 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

This map clearly depicts the L-shaped mill pond on the course of the brook, whose channel acts as the overflow. The probable dam is crossed by mill lane, and the mill buildings are located on the immediate north-west along with the tail race.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ5165, 1875 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

Generally as previously depicted. Labelled Duddon Mill (Flour).

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1896-1898, Ordnance Survey First Revision County Series (Epoch 2) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ5165, 1898 (Maps and Plans). SCH3848.

The mill is labelled disused.

<5> Environment Agency, 2003-2020, Environment Agency LiDAR Surveys, Composite 1m DSM (2022) (Digital Archive). SCH7819.

The mill building is no longer extant. The mill pond has been partially re-excavated.