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A Brief History of Path Head Hamlet
This page intends
to provide a brief history of Path Head Water Mill and Path Head Hamlet since
it was constructed in the 1700's (circa 1710). Including the uses of the Mill
and the surrounding area.
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have been a number of newspaper and magazine articles published
about Path Head and the surrounding area over recent years. Trevor
has retained copies of many of these at this mill and these could
be viewed upon request. We no longer hold copies of these on the
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Until recently the
site was used as a successful farm, which is when the Mill and Corn
Store were used purely as general storage houses, which lead to further
decay and dilapidation.
PATH HEAD WATER MILL is on the original grounds of Stella Hall Estate,
which was owned by The Cowen family who resided there. They also owned
Cowen Brickworks which was run within the local industrial area.
Path Head Hamlet was an industrial area at the turn of the century.
Cowen Brick works, a world renowned brick manufacturer were also based
in the local area, as well as many other heavy industries. In more recent
years the area has been used for sand and gravel extraction in the form
of a quarry.
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More historical
information available here,
provided by Stella & Blaydon Burn Booklet, written by Alan Rounding
& Tom Yellowley © 1986
Click
here to view an ariel view of Path Head taken in 1974. ©
Nigel Forster, 1995.
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