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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;
It would appear that Robert Lewin ran into some financial problems and needed to mortgage half the mill
SSM May 1768 44
[cancelled][Abbey]dated 9 Apr 1768;Robt Lewn(Mullen -y-Corran, Abbeylands Braddan) + wife Isabel als Clague ack indebted to Capt John Oates junr(Onchan) for £47 4s 8d which has now become due and for which we cannot at present advance and give in security half of late purchased Mullen Corran + half croft + lands; Witt Robt Bancks, John Corkill (both Lewn's 'x'); discharged 19 Apr 1782
The discharge of this mortage some 14 years later was by means of another mortgage which itself took 21 years before it was paid off
SSM Oct 1782 55
[cancelled] dated 19 Apr 1782; Thomas Lewn + wife Margaret ack indebted for £50 @ 6% from William Kewley(Cowll) of Kk Braddan in order to discharge mortgage held by Capt John Oates (SSM May 1768 44 dated 9 Apr 1768) and give in security a moiety of Mullen-Corran + croft in Abbey lands of Kk Braddan - whole rent Abbey 9s+ 2s 3.5d + customs 1 hen + 3 boon days - Witt Richd Clague, Henry Allen; discharged 29 Jan 1803 Margaret Kewley(widow of Wm Keley, Ramsey) acks her half £25 - other half acked by Wm Fargher(Cool Cam, Malew) asignee by will of Wm Kewley; dated 5 Feb 1803
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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)