Mills on the Teign, A Gazetteer of Water Powered Sites on the Teign and
Bovey and their Tributaries .
Martin Bodman, SB, 156pp £16.00 + P&P
http://www.moorebooks.co.uk/ and usual outlets
Not strictly a mining book but provides lots of useful information and
details of processing. Mike
(Publishers Review) A gazetteer of 125 water-powered sites on the Teign
and the Bovey rivers and their tributaries, in and around Dartmoor in
Devon. With references to over 150 millers, and to bakers, mill owners,
miners, ironfounders, millwrights and others,
with a further 48 sites listed, covering the Teign catchment around
Ilsington, Newton Abbot, Kingsteignton and Stokeinteignhead.
The author Martin Bodman, has been researching water-powered sites in the
south west for over twenty years. His previous publications include 'Devon
Leather' (2008) 'Inclined Planes in the South West' (2012) and 'Mills on
the Yeo' (2013).
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