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Fed via a leat from further up the Glass (shown far left flowing N-S) which is joined by the Sulby river that fed Ballacreetch just below Sir George's bridge(just off bottom lh corner) - leat continues to drive a carding mill. Now a ruin. |
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Also known as Mullen e Corran - some early history is found in the Kewley Ballafreer Commonplace Book
The 1704 Composition book for Onchan has under Miln Rent
Wm Corran For 4s 1½d and Edward Moore of Douglas for 10½d being three parts of a warter corn milne called Moller d: Corran compounded for in the year 1643 by Thomas Corran fine for the said three quarters was 10s one life in being so now to pay for these three parts 6s
Edward Moore presd For the fourth part of the said milne of 5s rent compounded for in the year 1643 by Thomas Moore fine for the said fourth parte was 3s 4d Lives expired so now to pay 3s 4d
SSS May 1732 58
dated 18 May 1730;Philip Christian(Onchan) + wife Jony als Corran sell for £8 to John Quayle(Castletown) our rights to one half quarter of a corn mill in Onchan called Corran's miln or the Little miln together with grist, suit + soken of tenants thereunto belonging; Witt Ed Waterson, John Hartley (Phill + Joney both 'x')
this eighth share was sold onto Capt Paul Bridson along with Quayle's half share in the nearby Ballacreetch mill
SSS May 1738 72.2
#(2) in index [also entered in Braddan]dated 22 Feb 1737;John Quayle(Comproller) sells for £43 to Paul Bridson(Douglas) my moiety of Ballacreetch Miln being a watercorn mill in Kk Conchan erected upon Abbey Land coming forth in the Abbey rent roll of Braddan lords rent 6d + houses, gardens, crofts etc thereunto belonging all of Abbey rent 4d(payable jointly with Robt Lewne of Ballacreetch) + also eighth part of another watercorne miln in Onchan called Carran's miln or the little Miln purchased from Phil Christian + wife rent Lords 7.5d (grist, suit + soaken of all + every tenants);witt Dan Mcylrea, Thomas Quayle
A "Little Mill" in an early Manx context usually implies a horizontal mill - the 5s rent is consonant with such a mill - by mid 18th Century many of these mills had been modernised to use a larger vertical wheel capable of driving 2 pairs of stones.
SSS Oct 1766 144
[Abbey]dated 14 Jul 1764; Capt John Oates(Onchan) sells for £300 to Robt Lewin(now of Creg-e-Cowin,Braddan) a miln known as Miln Corran + gears etc together with the croft and claddaughs there belonging - all 9s Abbey rent + 2s Lords rent for the water together with some parcels of Ballacoain abbey qtrland purchased by my father rent 3.5d Abbey; witt Geo Oates, Edmund Christian;
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Any comments, errors or omissions gratefully received The
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Extracted from oil
painting "Blackberrying by a Manx Mill" by John Holland (1857-1920)