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Cricklepit Mill
Sadly not open on a Sunday.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 28 Sep 2008
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Cricklepit Mill, under restoration
Image: © Rob Purvis
Taken: 24 Jan 2004
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Exbridge House, offices of BT in Exeter
For some reason, this is Exbridge House, not Exebridge House, despite being by a bridge over the Exe
Image: © David Smith
Taken: 3 Jul 2016
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The Bishop Blaize, Exeter
The pub commemorates St Blazius, the Patron Saint of the Woolcombers, martyred in the 4th century, and there are quite a few similarly named pubs around the country. Behind is
Image Seen from Commercial Road, which runs from Exe Bridges to the Quay.
Image: © Derek Harper
Taken: 14 Feb 2007
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The Bishop Blaize
Said to be the oldest pub built outside of what was then the city walls in 1327, it seems to comprise of a pair of cottages. The local mill owners of the area would congregate here in Mediaeval times and so began its association with the trade. A leat that fed the many mills ran right past the front of the buildings until the twentieth century.
Bishop Blaize was an Armenian who met with a rather grisly end in 298 AD: he was persecuted for his views rejecting idolatry, scourged with iron combs and eventually beheaded. His martyrdom by combs - used in wool manufacture - has led to him becoming the patron saint of clothworkers.
Image: © Neil Owen
Taken: 20 Aug 2014
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Exeter: The Bishop Blaise and Cricklepit Mill
Bishop Blaise was the patron saint of woolcombers and at one time there were water-powered fulling mills in this area, as well as an almost unique 17th century tenter house for drying the fulled cloth in the dry, now rebuilt beyond recognition. Beyond the inn stands Cricklepit Mill, a grain or corn mill, now undergoing restoration and which has belonged to the Devon Wildlife Trust since 2004. After further work by the contractor Dean & Dyball it is anticipated that the mill will be opened to the public. It retains an internal undershot or low breastshot waterwheel and associated gearing to two of the original three pairs of millstones. Beyond the watermill is the city wall, originally built by the Romans in about AD 200. Looking north-north-east
Image: © Martin Bodman
Taken: 16 Oct 2006
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Exeter: The Bishop Blaise and Cricklepit Mill
A similar view to
Image], following refurbishment of the watermill. Seen on a mill open day in July 2008 when two waterwheels were turning and grain was being ground
Image: © Martin Bodman
Taken: 20 Jul 2008
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Cricklepit Mill and The Bishop Blaize
Compare
Image; a few more months have passed and the restoration of the mill, with a smart new extension visible at left rear, approaches completion. New street furniture has also arrived in the foreground, beside Commercial Road.
Image: © Derek Harper
Taken: 19 Feb 2008
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Cricklepit Mill
The records reveal that permission for a mill was granted here in 'Crickenpette' in the late twelfth century. Certainly a corn mill was working in the fifteenth and, along with others that have now gone, was part of Exeter's bustling water-powered industries. By 1970, the mill was not turning and left as a storage unit. A serious fire in 1999 finally provoked matters and it was bought by the Devon Wildlife Trust, keeping it as their headquarters. Today it has been extensively repaired and has some working functions - you can still see flour being milled, along with a hydro turbine.
Image: © Neil Owen
Taken: 20 Aug 2014
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Devon Wildlife Trust - Cricklepit Mill
The left hand wheel operated a traditional corn mill and I believe the right hand wheel operated a saw mill. The wooden box in front of the left wheel houses a microhydropower plant.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 30 Dec 2017
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