William Ellis built a gristmill and sawmill at the head of the ti‘dewaters on the Bideford or Goodwood River in Smelt Creek, where the present dam is located. He sent to England for a miller, John Barlow, who arrived in 1832, and after clearing a farm for himself, built a carding mill. The loca- tion of this mill along with a shingle mill is shown in the 1880 Atlas a lit- tle farther upstream from the other mills. After William Ellis’s death in 1855, John Barlow bought the mills, and in 1859 sold them to William Barclay, and moved to Wellington. The road that went by the mills was called the Barlow Road. It is told that the old Ellei ll e Road used to fol— low the brook.

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He made smutters to remove smut from grain and fitted up a complete carding mill. In 1852 he began building threshing machiner while still continuing millwright work. He was employed at the mills of Dr. Conroy,

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Rustico, he built additional milling machinery for producing oatmeal. He made smutters to remove smut from grain and fitted up a complete con- tinuing millwright work. He was employed at the mills of Dr. Conroy,

John England’s Mills at Bideford. —~—FROM BLANCHE ENGLAND COLLECTION

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