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Reston Mill, Staveley
Reston Mill
site name:-   Gowan, River
locality:-   Staveley
civil parish:-   Hugill (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
locality type:-   water mill (ex) 
locality type:-   corn mill (ex) 
coordinates:-   SD46249833
1Km square:-   SD4698
10Km square:-   SD49

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 33 6) 
placename:-  Reston Mill
source data:-   Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.
"Reston Mill (Corn) / Weir / Mill Race"

notes:-  
Dates to before 1272; used till the early 20th century; bought for its water rights, 1920s-30s.

Somervell, John: 1930: Water Power Mills of South Westmorland

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