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Was there a Mill at Nether Chatto?
« on: Saturday 05 December 20 23:29 GMT (UK) »
Hello,  I am looking for help to find out whether or not there was a Corn or Grinding Mill located at Nether Chatto in or around the 1750s. I am aware that there was a Mill at Hounam Village in the 1790s but any information about Nether Chatto would be appreciated. I have found baptisms for some of my Ancestor's children in this area in 1750s. Thank you. Michael

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Re: Was there a Mill at Nether Chatto?
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 06 December 20 02:22 GMT (UK) »
Two mills Hownam and Heavyside across from each other. They would be 1 mile from Chatto.  Mills are typically identified on era maps.  https://maps.nls.uk/view/74400323

No idea what type of mill they were.  NAS only has a reference for Heavyside http://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/welcome.aspx 

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Re: Was there a Mill at Nether Chatto?
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 06 December 20 02:28 GMT (UK) »
Don,  Thank you very much for the information and the links you provided. Michael

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Re: Was there a Mill at Nether Chatto?
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 06 December 20 09:31 GMT (UK) »
Various mentions and brief information about Nether Chatto in the Text section here:

https://scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/search/results?st=nether%20chatto

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Re: Was there a Mill at Nether Chatto?
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 06 December 20 10:22 GMT (UK) »
Never trust anything you find online (especially submitted trees and transcriptions on Ancestry, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and other commercial web sites) unless it's an image of an original document - and even then be wary because errors can and do occur.

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Re: Was there a Mill at Nether Chatto?
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 06 December 20 10:33 GMT (UK) »
The answer is yes.

Look at https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17&lat=55.45007&lon=-2.36518&layers=5&b=1 and you will see a Mill Lead (i.e. lade) clearly labelled.

Slide the blue button to the left, and zoom in. You will see a shadow of a building on the site of the mill. Whether it is the original mill building I can't say, but there are some photographs of (Nether) Chatto at https://www.geograph.org.uk/gridref/NT7717?centi=NT770175 of which this one https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2134488 shows most clearly the building in question, which is the one with the pile of plastic-wrapped bales at its right-hand end.

I am also unable to say for certain, of course, that the mill was there in the mid-18th century.
Never trust anything you find online (especially submitted trees and transcriptions on Ancestry, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and other commercial web sites) unless it's an image of an original document - and even then be wary because errors can and do occur.

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Re: Was there a Mill at Nether Chatto?
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 06 December 20 20:23 GMT (UK) »
Thank you Gadget for the link to Scotland Places, that has been very helpful.

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Re: Was there a Mill at Nether Chatto?
« Reply #7 on: Sunday 06 December 20 20:26 GMT (UK) »
Thank you Forfarian. The map and photos have been very helpful. I think that you have resolved the question for me about the Mill existence.
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