Maiden Newton, The Mill c.1955

Photo ref: M8004

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This 18th-century mill stands on the River Frome where it meets the stream from Hooke; there has been a water mill here since Saxon times. It ceased grinding corn during the Great War - Alfred Swatridge was the last in a family of millers. It was then used for rope making, and it became a factory for making church carpets in the mid-20th century.

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Riversdale House, Maiden Newton

I lived here as a child of nine in 1950-1. We rented it from the owner, the delightful Sylvia Townsend Warner, author, who lived there with her partner, Valentine Ackland. The house literally stands with one wall in the river Frome. Paintings which hung about the house by "John Crask" must have had a special significance for the couple. You could sit in the library and watch the rabbits on the ...see more