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Pre-1750 stamping mills in the Norsworthy area

1750 was the year after which traditional methods stopped producing tin economically. Richard Trevithick's high pressure steam engine was patented in 1802 (Oliver Evans in the USA in 1801) after James Watt's patent expired in 1800. These engines made punping water from deeper mines much more efficient, leading to the deep mining of tin which ended on Dartmoor by around 1925.

Devon & Dartmoor HER - MDV3432 - Nosworthy Stamping Mill, Walkhampton - SX 567 695 - on the left bank of the Meavy, well known. NORSWORTHY MILL, SX 5678 6958 (Legendary Dartmoor - Tin mills).

Devon & Dartmoor HER - MDV3475 - TIN MILL in the Parish of Walkhampton - SX 567 695, on right bank of Meavy, close to the left bank mill at Nosworthy Farm.
NORSWORTHY MILL (B), SX 5674 6954 (Legendary Dartmoor - Tin mills). SX 56737 69548, wheelpit, KRyan.

Devon & Dartmoor HER - MDV20824 - TIN MILL in the Parish of Walkhampton - SX 568 694 - this grid reference is not accurate and places the location close to Norsworthy Bridge. It may refer to Bal Mine or possibly to the ruins at SX 56732 69416, see 5th photograph down this web page.
NORSWORTHY BRIDGE MILL, SX 5673 6938 (Legendary Dartmoor - Tin mills).

Devon & Dartmoor HER - MDV12736 - TIN MILL in the Parish of Walkhampton - SX 567 693. Based on a now-missing mould stone.
NORSWORTHY BRIDGE (B), SX 5687 6942, (Legendary Dartmoor - Tin mills). Tthis appears to be about 50 metres up Newleycombe Lake from the road at Norsworthy Bridge. I have a location at SX 56730 69380 (erroneous?).

Devon & Dartmoor HER - MDV20821 - TIN MILL in the Parish of Walkhampton - SX 567 698 - some confusion, mentions a mortar stone built into the inside face of a north-east wall at Leathertor Farm. Also notes a 1511 lease that mentions a knocking mill. Perhaps should be part of one of the Norsworthy mills.

Devon & Dartmoor HER - MDV20826 - TIN MILL in the Parish of Walkhampton - SX 572 692 - close to Middleworth Farm, some confusion of mills, different places??

6938 (Legendary Dartmoor - Tin mills).

Devon & Dartmoor HER - MDV56217 - SMELTING HOUSE in the Parish of Walkhampton - SX 568 693 - BAL MINE car park ruins, the wheelpit, leat bank etc.

Devon & Dartmoor HER - MDV62640 - TIN MILL in the Parish of Walkhampton - SX 571 695 - in the area above the Norsworthy Lane feathers-and-tare stone, between the two bends in the track, half way down to Newleycombe Lake.
NEWLEYCOMBE MILL (B), SX 5713 6952 (Legendary Dartmoor - Tin mills).

Devon & Dartmoor HER - MDV3515 - Tin mill sites on both banks of Newleycombe Lake - below Kingsett Farm. Left bank site at SX 57781 69801 (KRyan).

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