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Otterton Water Mill is at the village of Otterton, near Budleigh Salterton in Devon, England. Otterton Water Mill is set beside the River Otter in Devon. [1] A watermill was recorded in this locality in Domesday Book in 1086. [2] The mill possessed three pairs of stones. The manor and its mill were given by King Henry V to the nuns of Syon Abbey.
It is the location of Otterton Mill, a watermill and craft centre. The Budleigh Salterton Railway, which was open from 1897 to 1967, ran along the valley of the River Otter. The station known as East Budleigh was closer to Otterton, being just over the river from the village. The platform and station building survive as a private house. [8]
At the village of Otterton (once a seaport on a larger Otter Estuary), Otterton Mill is a working watermill over 1,000 years old; it was one of the three largest mills in Devon as recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086. It is powered by water diverted through a leat.
Old Bakery, Manor Mill & Forge: Branscombe: East Devon: Historic site: Operated by the National Trust, restored bakery, water-powered forge and forge Otterton Mill: Otterton: East Devon: Mill: 19th century water mill, bakery, shop Overbeck's: Salcombe: South Hams: Historic house
A number have been preserved or restored as museums where the public can see the mill in operation. Kingsbury Watermill Museum, St Albans This is a list of some of the surviving watermills and tide mills in the United Kingdom .
During the event all roads in and out of Ottery are closed for safety reasons with diversions in place. [33] On 30 October 2008 the annual event was threatened by a severe hailstorm, which hit East Devon shortly after midnight, with the Fire Service describing the situation in the Ottery St Mary area as "absolute chaos". [34]
Heading to the River Otter in Devon, the team excavate a site dating back at least to the Domesday Book of 1086, yet the last mill building on the site was pulled down as recently as the 1960s. They are joined by Martin Watts (mill historian), industrial archaeologist Mike Nevell, and Finds specialist John Allan.
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