Thanks Frances, yes I've seen that page - I've spent hours reading through all sorts on your site!

So even in a wealthy landed family, they would be milling themselves? Or would they employ servants to do the dirty work for them?

I seem to be connected to several families in possession of mills, hence the interest.

I found an interesting pdf of a leaflet on Manx milling, in general, but it sounds like a pretty tough job, and with the families involved being MHKs and the like, I wondered if they would engage in such manual labour, or just reap the benefits...