Head Weir Mills, Exeter
1823 For sale. 'Valuable Paper and Grist Mills, in Exeter, to be SOLD at Auction, at the King John Tavern, on Tuesday the 2th of May, at four o'clock, in Lots suitable to purchasers. All those Valuable PAPER MILLS, DRYING and STORE LOFTS, &c. &c. in which the Paper Manufactory has been for many years carried on, and is, from its arrangements, capable of a Business to any extent; with an excellent Family DWELLING HOUSE immediately adjoining, and communicating with the Mills, and fit for the residence of a Manufacturer. Also, All those spacious WATER GRIST MILLS, containing 3 Pair of Stones, with Machinery compleat, tover the last; with a DWELLING-HOUSE attached. The above Lots are called Head Weir Mills, and situate near Engine Bridge, in the city of Exeter. Also, a rich Field of Pasture Land, called MOOR'S MEADOW, containing about 4 acres, situate near Whitstone Cross, in the parish of St. Thomas the Apostle, distant about one mile from the city of Exeter.'[1]
1829 For sale. Paper and Grist Mills called Head Weir Mills. Detailed.[2]
1844 Partnership dissolved. Charles Harris and Edward Norris Tremlett as paper makers at Head Weir, Exeter and Countess Weir, Exeter.[3]
1888 'Head Weir Mills, on south side of "Hutch" or "Hatch Mills," and adjoining the same. In the early part of the century was occupied by two several tenants. That adjoining the Bonhay-road by Joseph Radcliff, and used for the manufacture of floor. That abutting against the river by Edward Pym, and used for the manufacture of paper.'[4]
1939 Head Weir Paper Mills. Listed in directory.[5]