The water wheel at Docton Mill, Milford

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The photograph on this page of The water wheel at Docton Mill, Milford by Humphrey Bolton as part of the Geograph project.

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The water wheel at Docton Mill, Milford

Image: © Humphrey Bolton Taken: 8 Apr 2010

A historian has suggested that the mill might have been established in Saxon times, probably in the 10th century. The mill stopped working in 1910 because it ran out of business. It was renovated in 1980, but the main attraction of the site is the gardens.

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Image Location

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Latitude
50.976561
Longitude
-4.516959