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The mill is fed from from the tail race leaving Mywyllin-y-Chorrin - its tail race falls into the Glass running N-S lower lh corner which now forms the boundary between Braddan and Onchan. It was the damming of this tail race and the susequent flooding of the curraugh above it that resulted in the 1771 Abbey Great Enquest to report. |
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In 1771 there was a dispute between the owner of Corran's mill (a certain Robert Lewin) and the then owners of Ballacreetch mill Capt Paul Bridson, John Taubman mortgagee and Robt Lewn & mother - John Taubman would appear to be included as he held a significant mortgage on Robt Lewin's land. The depostions of witnesseses in the 1771 Abbey Great Enquest indicate that the Ballacreetch mill had been rebuilt on a different site some 20 years prior - my suggestion is that Paul Bridson having bought in 1737 a half share in Ballacreetch mill decided to rebuild the mill on the land he purchased in 1742 and by 1748 was in a position to obtain the licence to committ tenants to use this new mill.
SSS Oct 1742 38
dated 20 May 1742;Robt Lewn(BallaCritch, Braddan) + wife Mary als Cottier sell for £1 4s 6d to Capt Paul Bridson(Douglas) half of a piece of BallaCritch known as the Claddaugh adj to the mean river and Crott-furt-Chayrn on south + east, to little river on north and Capt Oates land on west;Witt Edward Sayle x, Robert Brown
In the 1760 copy of the 1704 Composition book for Onchan is recorded the following entry dated 4th Aug 1748
Capt Paul Bridson of Douglas and Robt Lewne now owner of the said miln called Ballacreetch miln have this day agreed and compounded with the governor and officials on behalf of the Lord of this Isle for the Grist, Suit and Soken of certain tenants in the parish of KK Marown who are not bound tenants to any other miln viz Wm Kelly of Ballaglonna? For one quarter of land, Ann Bridson and Richd Hindley her husband of Ballavitchel and John Cubbon and [] Stephen Cottier ? for one quarterland, all being Barons tennts of St Trinions Land and of Robert Quine and John Cottier Ballahomey for half a quarterland each, John Cottier Ballayemmy for one quarterland and James Killey for part of a quarter in Ballayemmy being Lords Tenants together with grist suit and soken of all intacks to the said tenants and quarterlands belonging all new granted unto the said Bridson and Lewn and their assigns and to be at all times hereafter lawfull bound tenants to their said miln the fine agreed for and set on this corn position for sd tenants is 21s
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