(56) Laxey (Creer's) Mill
Located at junction of Laxey River & Glen Mooar
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It is not clear if the leat was altered by the extensive
development of the water resources to power the Great Laxey Mining Company's
mines and processing plant further down the valley - the adjacent dam
would appear to feed the washing floors
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Laxey Mill
(detail from postcard
c.1910)
unattributed photo published in 1952
(Lonan and Laxey Festival Manx Wedding 12 June
1952)
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Scarffe refers to this mill as Ballacowle Corn mill on the Agneash Road, noting
that by the early 50s it had been converted into a small engineering works,
though the water-wheel was still functional.
Would appear to have been built c.1738 as the two deeds relating to sale of
ground are:
SSS May 1738 66:
dated 11 Feb 1736;Jon Kewley(Ballacullogh, Lonan) [a Margt Kewley also marks]sells
for 24s to Mr Jon Garrett junr and Mr Robt Corlet(both Lezayre) a parcel of
intack known as Carnane brack from a lttle gap on top of the bank adj river
on west side and so on to the thorn trees in the bank above the place called
Cabby on turk to a rock in the stream eastward adj rent of Eliz Moore(widow)
+ John Farker(Balldrine) on south; Witt Robt Casemt x, Ewan Garret x, Gilber
Coule x; Setting quest place 0.5d
and SSS May 1738 67:
dated 2 May 1738;John Fargher(Baldrine) sells for 7s to Mr Jon Garrett junr
and Mr Robt Corlet(both Lezayre) a small parcel of intack of my tenement of
Baldrine being that on wch a mill damn is now built on Laxey river; Pat Craine,
Jon Garrett senr ; Setting quest place 0.5d
A mill rent of 12d was also payable
References
George E Kermode Laxey ... as I remember it Douglas Manx Experience
n.d. [1985?] (ISBN 1 873120 095)
Andrew Scarffe The Story of Laxey Flour The Manx Experience 2010 ISBN
978-0-9564553-2-1