15 names listed; First World War.
10 names listed; Second World War.
Celtic cross made of green slate from the Buttermere Quarries in the Lake District. The cross is mounted on three steps, made of rock from Maughold Head.
The memorial was unveiled Thursday 13 July 1922 by the Governor, and dedicated by the Bishop. The service was participated in by the Vicar of Maughold (the Rev. E. A. Stafford-Young, M.A.), the chaplain of Christ Church, Dhoon (the Rev. R. Fergusson), the Rev. M. AV. Harrison (Ramsey), the Rev. E. C. Palmer, superintendent Wesleyan minister, and by the captain of the parish, Mr J. R. Kerruish, M.L.G., J.P. The cross was designed by Mr P.M.C. Kermode and the sculptor is Mr Edward Christian, T.C., of Ramsey.
The findspot of an early medieval cross slab decorated with a plain incised cross near the top of one face. It was found about 1920-25 by a Mr A.F. Redpath in the ruins of an old building at the rear of the house next to the eastern side of the vicarage. It measures 120 centimetres long x 35.6 centimetres wide and 7 centimetres thick overall and is numbered as Manx Cross No.172 and kept in the Manx Museum.
Watermill and associated water management.
It is thought that two grain mills, rented by William Hubart 'near Castletown' and recorded in the 1511 Manorial Roll, refer to the Golden Meadow site. The existing mill buildings are more modern, and a newspaper report of 1816 would seem to confirm that they had at that time been recently constructed.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 mapping of 1868 shows the complex as a 'water mill (corn)'.
The two main mill buildings are arranged in a row, with the waterwheels arranged on adjacent gables. The tail race is culverted beneath the yard, before re-emerging and continuing towards Castletown, where it flows into the harbour, 500m downstream. At one time it is said to have provided power to a watermill within Castle Rushen, although the arrangements for this are obscure (the castle mill is also said to have been tidal).
The more westerly of the two mills was used for threshing, and all its equipment has now been removed. The larger, easterly, mill, arranged over four floors and a roof-space, served as the cornmill, and still contains its equipment, although power was latterly provided by diesel for demonstration purposes. Milling ceased in 1981. A 19th century extension on the east gable housed a drying kiln.
The mills were owned by the Moore family for c.300 years, and during their tenure the site was additionally used for scutching and fulling, and for grinding snuff and powders. The building which until the 1970s stood at the south-easterly corner of the site was at one time part of the rope-walk that extended onto the Qualtrough's Yard site at the head of Castletown harbour.
Water power is derived from a millpond immediately to the north of the mill complex, which is fed by a leat extending nearly 600m upstream to a meander in the Silver Burn, where a substantial weir and sluice forms the draw-off.
Most of the buildings on the site have been converted and are now in use as holiday accommodation.
Modern cornmill.
It is thought that two grain mills, rented by William Hubart 'near Castletown' and recorded in the 1511 Manorial Roll, refer to the Golden Meadow site. The existing mill buildings are more modern, and a newspaper report of 1816 would seem to confirm that they had at that time been recently constructed.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 mapping of 1868 shows the complex as a 'water mill (corn)'.
The two main mill buildings are arranged in a row, with the waterwheels arranged on adjacent gables. The larger, easterly, mill, arranged over four floors and a roof-space, served as the cornmill, and still contains its equipment, although power was latterly provided by diesel for demonstration purposes. Milling ceased in 1981. A 19th century extension on the east gable housed a drying kiln. Most of the other buildings on the site have been converted and are now in use as holiday accommodation.
The mills were owned by the Moore family for c.300 years.
Modern corndrying kiln.
It is thought that two grain mills, rented by William Hubart 'near Castletown' and recorded in the 1511 Manorial Roll, refer to the Golden Meadow site. The existing mill buildings are more modern, and a newspaper report of 1816 would seem to confirm that they had at that time been recently constructed.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 mapping of 1868 shows the complex as a 'water mill (corn)'.
The two main mill buildings are arranged in a row, with the waterwheels arranged on adjacent gables. The more easterly mill, arranged over four floors and a roof-space, served as the cornmill, and still contains its equipment, although power was latterly provided by diesel for demonstration purposes. Milling ceased in 1981.
The large 19th century extension on the east gable housed a drying kiln. The kiln was on the ground floor, with a drying room above.
The mills were owned by the Moore family for c.300 years.
Modern threshing mill.
It is thought that two grain mills, rented by William Hubart 'near Castletown' and recorded in the 1511 Manorial Roll, refer to the Golden Meadow site. The existing mill buildings are more modern, and a newspaper report of 1816 would seem to confirm that they had at that time been recently constructed.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 mapping of 1868 shows the complex as a 'water mill (corn)'.
The two main mill buildings are arranged in a row, with the waterwheels arranged on adjacent gables. The more westerly of the two mills was used for threshing, and all its equipment has now been removed. Together with the other buildings on the site (with the exception of the cornmill), it has been converted and is now in use as holiday accommodation.
The mills were owned by the Moore family for c.300 years.
Modern textile mill.
It is thought that two grain mills, rented by William Hubart 'near Castletown' and recorded in the 1511 Manorial Roll, refer to the Golden Meadow site. The existing mill buildings are more modern, and a newspaper report of 1816 would seem to confirm that they had at that time been recently constructed.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 mapping of 1868 shows the complex as a 'water mill (corn)'.
The two main mill buildings are arranged in a row, with the waterwheels arranged on adjacent gables. The more westerly of the two mills was used for threshing, while the larger, easterly, mill served as the cornmill. Milling ceased in 1981.
The mills were owned by the Moore family for c.300 years, and during their tenure the site was additionally used for scutching and fulling. It is not clear where these textile processing activities took place.
Most of the surviving buildings on the site have been converted and are now in use as holiday accommodation.
Modern snuff mill.
It is thought that two grain mills, rented by William Hubart 'near Castletown' and recorded in the 1511 Manorial Roll, refer to the Golden Meadow site. The existing mill buildings are more modern, and a newspaper report of 1816 would seem to confirm that they had at that time been recently constructed.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 mapping of 1868 shows the complex as a 'water mill (corn)'.
The two main mill buildings are arranged in a row, with the waterwheels arranged on adjacent gables. The more westerly of the two mills was used for threshing, while the larger, easterly, mill served as the cornmill. Milling ceased in 1981.
The mills were owned by the Moore family for c.300 years, and during their tenure the site was also used for grinding snuff and powders. It is not clear where these additional activities took place.
Most of the surviving buildings on the site have been converted and are now in use as holiday accommodation.
Modern ropewalk.
It is thought that two grain mills, rented by William Hubart 'near Castletown' and recorded in the 1511 Manorial Roll, refer to the Golden Meadow site. The existing mill buildings are more modern, and a newspaper report of 1816 would seem to confirm that they had at that time been recently constructed.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 mapping of 1868 shows the complex as a 'water mill (corn)'.
The two main mill buildings are arranged in a row, with the waterwheels arranged on adjacent gables. The more westerly of the two mills was used for threshing, while the larger, easterly, mill served as the cornmill. Milling ceased in 1981.
The building which until the 1970s stood at the south-easterly corner of the site was at one time part of the rope-walk that extended onto the Qualtrough's Yard site at the head of Castletown harbour. The site is now occupied by garages. Most of the other surviving buildings on the site have been converted and are now in use as holiday accommodation.
The mills were owned by the Moore family for c.300 years.
Watermill and associated water management.
It is thought that two grain mills, rented by William Hubart 'near Castletown' and recorded in the 1511 Manorial Roll, refer to the Golden Meadow site. The existing mill buildings are more modern, and a newspaper report of 1816 would seem to confirm that they had at that time been recently constructed.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 mapping of 1868 shows the complex as a 'water mill (corn)'.
Water power is derived from a millpond immediately to the north of the mill complex, which is fed by a leat extending nearly 600m upstream to a meander in the Silver Burn, where a substantial weir and sluice forms the draw-off.
The millpond originally covered an area of nearly an acre, and was impounded by a substantial embankment along its east side. The leat was similarly embanked along nearly half its length. The OS shows no sluice controlling flow into the leat; a single sluice on the east side of the millpond and an overflow race previents the pond from overflowing.
During the later 1990s the millpond embankment began to fail, causing flooding in the adjoining meadows. The pond was allowed to drain and is now largely overgrown.
