Modern woollen mill and associated water management.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1868 shows a woollen mill at this location.
The mill was built in 1739 by a partnerhip of three, who arranged for it to be run a week at a time by their nominated tucker. It is reported to have been used for both carding and fulling.
The mill and adjacent house, which was originally designed to be occupied by two millers and their families, were originally thatched, though the mill was later re-roofed in slate in c.1882.
The mill was fed by a short 30m leat protected by a sluice, and a 40m tail race rejoined the Silver Burn a short distance downstream.
Both structures are now roofless.
Modern woollen mill.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1868 shows a woollen mill at this location.
The mill was built in 1739 by a partnerhip of three, who arranged for it to be run a week at a time by their nominated tucker. It is reported to have been used for both carding and fulling.
The mill was originally thatched, but re-roofed in slate in c.1882.
The mill is now roofless.
Modern miller's cottage.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1868 shows a miller's cottage at this location.
The adjacent mill was built in 1739 by a partnerhip of three, who arranged for it to be run a week at a time by their nominated tucker. It is reported to have been used for both carding and fulling.
The miller's dwelling was originally designed to be occupied by two millers and their families, was thatched.
The structure is now roofless.
Modern woollen mill and associated water management.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1868 shows a woollen mill at this location.
The mill was built in 1739. It was fed by a short 30m leat protected by a sluice, and a 40m tail race rejoined the Silver Burn a short distance downstream.
The leat and tail race are now infilled.
Letter from James Murray, British Ambassador to Venice, to Earl of Halifax analysing the failure of the Order in Council to prevent smuggling at the Isle of Man. Murray argues that the Lord's extensive original grant powers make suppression impossible and recommends Crown purchase of the island as the only effective remedy. Includes revenue estimates and observations on the island's population and foreign smugglers.
Ambassador James Murray reports from Venice to the Earl of Halifax on the ineffectiveness of the Order in Council against smuggling at the Isle of Man. Murray argues that purchase of the island by the Crown is the only viable solution, given the extensive powers of the Lord Proprietor and the geography making enforcement impossible. He notes the island's revenue potential (£4,000–5,000 p.a.) and the political stability of its largely Anglican population.
The remains of a small 'horizontal' mill (probably about 3 metres square in its original form), situated at the foot of Ballaglass Glen, Cornaa was inspected by W. Gill, B.R.S. Megaw and Mr Gelling (son of the former Cornaa miller) in 1940. The north wall still survived from 1.2 to 1.8 metres high at that time. The pivot or socket stone on which the vertical axle revolved, was found previously by Mr Gelling, but was washed away in the flood of 1929. A plan of the Ballaglass estate made in 1779 marks the mill. The origin of the name may be Norse i.e. Cornaa = Kvern-a (mill river). Horizontal mills were well-established in the island at least by the 13th century.
Mwyllin y Sayle was a horizontal or a 'side-shot' mill which were reportedly still visible neath Ballacottier some years ago. A number of sources give conflicting locations for the mill, but in reality its location is not accurately recorded.
Woods atlas shows 'mill rent' at NGR SC 246774. W. Cubbon believed that the site was at NGR SC 235761. Gill gives the site at the foot of Glen Dhoo between Arrysey and Ballacottier and Kneen.
Norse place-names associated with this type of mill in other parts of the island prove that horizontal mills were well-established at least by the 13th century, when Norse rule ended.
The findspot of the Mylechrane Cross, a silver cross typically worn by clergy in medieval times, worn on the chest and suspended from the neck by a cord or chain.
The cross was kept by the Mylechrane family for several generations since at least the early 18th century, before its signficance was recognised. It is now in the Manx National Heritage Collections.
The grid reference is for indicative purposes only and does not mark the precise findspot.
Dan Mylrea, Isle of Man's chief revenue officer, confirms to Charles Lutwidge that import and export books for the past ten years can be made available upon proper authority. This correspondence evidences the transfer of commercial records to Westminster officials investigating the Island's trade and smuggling activity immediately after the Revestment.
Letter from Dan Mylrea (Collector of Customs, Isle of Man) to Charles Lutwidge, confirming that the Governor has approved production of ten years of import/export books (Ingates & Outgates) upon receipt of proper authority. Mylrea also confirms sending a copy of the Book of Rates and offers further assistance with revenue collection. This document is crucial evidence of Lutwidge's investigation into smuggling losses and the Treasury's interest in Manx trade records immediately before the Revestment Act.
A pair of semi-detached cottages which are of single storey stone construction with slate roofs. Arched openings announce the entrance doorways and the roof is peaked above two of the stone mullioned windows, which break the eaves line. Three bold chimney stacks rise from the ridge line along the length of the roof. No internal inspections were made. The cottages appear to be in good order. The pair of buildings have certain historic significance being built by the sister of the Manx Governor of Mysore (India) who died on his voyage back to retire to his island home. Furthermore there is an architectural quality to the buildings quite distinct from usual Manx alms houses of the mid 19th century.
Naples is a major port city in southern Italy. Its connection to the Isle of Man relates to the Mediterranean trading networks in which Manx merchants and seafarers participated, and to the broader European maritime world of the eighteenth century.
This cottage was the home of Edward Faragher, known in Manx as Ned Beg Hom Ruy, who was born in 1831. One of ten children born to parents of unusual abilities in the otherwise wholly Gaelic-speaking, and largely illiterate community (his mother could speak English, and his father was the village letter-writer), he had rudimentary schooling in Port St Mary before working for his fisherman father around the south coast of the Island. He later passed a spell labouring in England before returning to fishing, this time off southern Ireland.
He returned to the Island, married, lived for a while in Surby, and then returned to Cregneash where he lived another thirty years, for all but the last year his life.
From his mid twenties, including during the time he spent away from the Island, Faragher recorded stories, poems and reminiscences in Manx, and even translated traditional children’s stories – famously Aesop’s Fables. An extensive collection of his folklore material, in its original manuscript form, is preserved in the MNH Library and Archive.
In the latter years of the 19th century he came to the attention of Charles Roeder, an energetic folklorist who later wrote upon his death in 1908, ‘It was entirely due to him that so much traditional folklore has been preserved. He had a fine memory and his knowledge of things Manx seemed to be inexhaustible which he communicated to those who enjoyed his friendship.’
The cottage is typical of late 18th and early 19th century single storey rural dwellings on the Isle of Man, and is one of several in the village of Cregneash which have retained their traditional thatched roof.
The building was acquired by the Manx Museum and National Trust in 1967 and serves as a museum focussed on the legacy of Edward Faragher.
This cottage was the home of Edward Faragher, known in Manx as Ned Beg Hom Ruy, who was born in 1831. One of ten children born to parents of unusual abilities in the otherwise wholly Gaelic-speaking, and largely illiterate community (his mother could speak English, and his father was the village letter-writer), he had rudimentary schooling in Port St Mary before working for his fisherman father around the south coast of the Island.
He later passed a spell labouring in England before returning to the fishing, this time off southern Ireland. He returned to the Island, married, lived for a while in Surby, and then returned to Cregneash where he lived another thirty years, for all but the last year his life.
From his mid twenties, including during the time he spent away from the Island, Faragher recorded stories, poems and reminiscences in Manx, and even translated traditional children's stories - famously Aesop's Fables. An extensive collection of his folklore material, in its original manuscript form, is preserved in the Manx National Heritage Library and Archives.
In the latter years of the 19th century he came to the attention of Charles Roeder, an energetic folklorist who later wrote upon his death in 1908, 'It was entirely due to him that so much traditional folklore has been preserved. He had a fine memory and his knowledge of things Manx seemed to be inexhaustible which he communicated to those who enjoyed his friendship.'
The cottage is typical of late 18th and early 19th century single storey rural dwellings on the Isle of Man, and is one of several in the village of Cregneash which have retained their traditional thatched roof.
The building was acquired by the Manx Museum and National Trust in 1967 and serves as a museum focussed on the legacy of Edward Faragher.
Edward "Ned" Maddrell (1877-1974) of Cregneash was widely regarded as the last native speaker of the Manx language. His death in 1974 was seen as marking the extinction of Manx as a community language, though the language has since undergone a revival. Recordings made of his speech in the mid-twentieth century are an invaluable resource for the study and preservation of Manx.
