Reference : MCO27820
Name : MELLANVRANE MILL - Medieval corn mill, Post Medieval corn mill
Monument type : CORN MILL; CORN MILL
Period : Medieval
Form : DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE; DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE
Summary : Mellanvrane Mill at Angarrack is first recorded as "Melyn Bran" in 1342.
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PrefRef : 31789
PeriodFrom : Medieval to 19th Century

Summary

Mellanvrane Mill at Angarrack is first recorded as "Melyn Bran" in 1342.

Protected Status: None recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 31789
• SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SW53NE 45-3

Monument Types

• CORN MILL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  
  
• CORN MILL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  
  

Full description

Mellanvrane Mill at Angarrack is first recorded as "Melyn Bran" in 1342 (b4, b6). The name is Cornish and contains the elements melyn "mill" and bran "crow" (b8). Mellanvrane may be the site of a mill belonging to the priciple manor of Conarditone, mentioned in the Domesday survey. Mellanvrane Mill is documented in the nineteenth century (b1) and appears on the 1st Edition OS 25-inch map, and is recorded on the 1st and 2nd Edition OS 1:2500 maps. No remains are extant (b7).

<1> UNKNOWN, 1839, LEASE IN GERGOR COLLECTION (Unedited Source). SCO5910.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1880s, 1st Edition 1:2500 Map (Cartographic materials). SCO4048.

<3> SYMONS, 1844, GAZETTEER OF CORNWALL (Unedited Source). SCO5969.

<4> Henderson, C, 1915, Topography of Cornwall, VOL I, 65 (Unpublished document). SCO3513.

<5> UNKNOWN, 19--, UNKNOWN TITLE, VOL 12, 21-23 (Unedited Source). SCO6839.

<6> Gover, JEB, 1948, Place-Names of Cornwall, 612 (Bibliographic reference). SCO3402.

<7> Pascoe, WH, 1976, Phillack Checklist (CA15, 1976), VOL 15, 99 (Article in serial). SCO4084.

<8> Padel, OJ, 1985, Cornish Place-Name Elements, 29, 160, 280 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4064.

Sources / Further Reading

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