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  • ...becomes at Southampton but is instead a modest country river, driving the mill which was a key to the fortunes of Whitchurch in past days. ==The Silk Mill==
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  • | [[Nairn]] || Nairn Riverside, Mill Road <small>IV12 5EN</small> || {{map|}} || align="right"| 6.23 | [[Redding]] || Overton Crescent (Westquarter) <small>FK2 9XS</small> || {{map|}} || align="right"|
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  • ...ref> which dates from 6 March 1840. One of the early benefactors was Henry Overton Wills of the Wills tobacco family, who were staunch Congregationalists. A mill was built on Welhay stream but this was replaced by tidal mills. In the 17t
    27 KB (4,109 words) - 08:57, 19 September 2019
  • *Chapel Pool (east of Overton) *Sellet Mill Beck
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  • Bishop William Overton (1580–1609) was probably responsible, in 1580, for bringing two glass mak ...The tombs of five Bishops of Lichfield lie in the church, that of William Overton beside the altar being particularly notable.
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  • ...the "Wynnstay Brickworks" was to the right of the Ruabon-[[Overton-on-Dee|Overton]] road near Cinders Farm. It produced bricks, tiles and drainage pipes for ...uabon Grammar School and eventually moved to the outskirts of Ruabon, near Mill Farm. Ruabon Grammar School provided education for boys in the parishes of
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  • ...le:Romsey River Test.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The Test downstream of Sadler's Mill, Romsey]] ...p|SU532498}}), and flows west through the villages of [[Overton, Hampshire|Overton]], [[Laverstoke]], and the town of [[Whitchurch, Hampshire|Whitchurch]], be
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  • ...turnpike road to [[Hereford]], now the B4361 (named [[Overton, Shropshire|Overton]] Road in Ludford), was built through the parkland of Ludford House in the ...ng that ancient road across the river into Ludford (at what became Ludford Mill) joining Park Lane. This ancient route then carried on in a south-easterly
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  • |name=Overton |picture=Crossroads in the centre of Overton - geograph.org.uk - 220033.jpg
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  • ...y, including what became ''The Merino Mills'' weaving woollen cloth, and a mill grinding clay for a local pottery works. ...ut 011006 nr Overton.jpg|right|thumb|220px|Looking back along The Cut from Overton]]
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  • ...ed and pinnacled stone structure in front of the church, built by Canon J. Overton in 1877 in memory of his mother. It was the principal supply of water to th ...urne|grade=II}}</ref> was built by Thomas Davy in 1847 after an older post mill burned down. It is now a private dwelling.<ref name=LouthUK/>
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  • ...s speak of 2,000 Scots killed and 1,600 captured, all for the loss of 8 of Overton's troops), a group of Macleans sought refuge in the house, but cursed the W ...for almost a century. The castle was bought by Henry Beveridge, a wealthy mill owner, in 1884, when it was extended and modernised. He commissioned the a
    5 KB (860 words) - 18:38, 25 February 2022
  • ...s time, the [[Domesday Book]] (1086) shows the Cottingham manor included a mill, five fisheries, woodland and farm land.<ref>Sources: ...le:Snuff Mill House - geograph.org.uk - 384243.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Snuff Mill House, built 1750]]
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