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Hinton Watermill
Hinton Farm, Hinton, Mudford, Yeovil, Somerset BA22 8BA
Fri 6 Sep to Sunday 15 Sep 2024
Fri 6 Sep:1000-1700; Mon 9 Sep:1000-1700; Wed 11 Sep:1300-1700; Thu 12 Sep:1300-1700; Fri 13 Sep:1300-1700; Sat 14 Sep:1000-1700; Sun 15 Sep:1000-1700; Free Entry.
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Hinton Watermill
Heritage Open Day: An 18C watermill built by the geologist and Canal engineer William Smith. The mill still has its machinery and retains a unique atmosphere of how it was left in the 1940s when it stopped work. Set in a farm yard with other historical buildings. The mill you see today was constructed between 18800-04 by William Smith (1769-1839) a canal engineer (builder of the Somerset coal canal) and geologist (author of the first geological map of Britain in 1815).
The mill was built inside an existing barn built in 1780. Smith employed coal miners from Paulton to dig a 1,000 ft underground tunnel through shale to bring water to and from the mill (under two roads and the farmhouse).
The mill was built inside an existing barn built in 1780. Smith employed coal miners from Paulton to dig a 1,000 ft underground tunnel through shale to bring water to and from the mill (under two roads and the farmhouse).