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Photograph © Jim Woodward-Nutt
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Hinton Farm Watermill, Mudford
Location
Grid reference: ST 574 206
OS sheet: 183
Postcode: BA22 8BA
3 miles north of Yeovil; turn L off A359 N of Mudford, signposted Hinton.
Watermill built in 1800 inside an earlier barn by William Smith, geologist and Somerset coal engineer.
A working Armfield Empire turbine installed in 1893, replacing a 20ft x 6ft waterwheel. 450 yds of tunnel
supplies water from the River Yeo. Two pairs millstones and wire machine.
Opening times
National Mills weekend, and by appointment. Parties by arrangement.
National Mills Weekend opening times
Please telephone for times.
Contact
Stephen Bartlett, tel. 01935 850161.
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