Yafford

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File:Yafford, Isle of Wight, UK.jpg
Yafford
File:Yafford Mill, Isle of Wight, UK.jpg
Yafford Mill (now a private residence)

Yafford is a hamlet on the Isle of Wight.[1] It is located Script error: No such module "convert". southwest from Newport in an area known as the Back of the Wight between Brighstone and Niton. It is in the civil parish of Shorwell. It has a non-operational water mill, which was working until 1970 and is now a listed building.[2] The mill was a grist mill, working to grind corn (wheat, oats, barley) to create animal feed; it did not have the machinery to produce fine flour for people. It has an overshot water wheel,[2] powered by the flow of water from a millpond. The pond is fed by a stream from the nearby village of Shorwell, part of the Buddle Brook. The name Yafford derives from the Anglo-Saxon word "hæcc" meaning a hatch or sluice and the word "ford"; probably referring to grating used to stop animals being carried away by the current in a river.[3]


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  1. yaffordmillbarn.westisleofwight.co.uk
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