Hello Everyone, I am prompted to write today because I see that the Island is having a Walking Festival so I suppose you will all be out on the Mill Trail Town Walk soon! I have just discovered that our g.g.grandfather, John Adams, was a miller at "Westminster" in Newport in 1841 and great grandfather, Henry, was there too as a baby of 3 months. I see that the Westminster Mill was a fulling mill so I guess he wasn't working there - perhaps he was at the Home Mill. Several of his neighbours were millers also. In 1851 he was a miller and maltster and the address was House & Mill, Hearn St - could this be the same mill, I wonder? Our 3xgreat grandfather was also a miller and baker in Town Lane. So, if anyone is passing any of these sites do give them a nod from me. And for Saturday's FA Cup Final - GO POMPEY!!! Good luck ............. Ros.

Hi Ross I don't know if it would help, or if you already have a copy, but the Home Mill appears on the very edge of the Newport 1903 map produced by 'Alan Godfrey Maps' ( http://www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/acatalog/ ) If you haven't got a copy, then let me know and I'll scan the relevant bit and send it off list. There doesn't appear to be a mill on Hearn St (in 1903) it is lined with terrace houses, which I would guess are the same ones that are there today (looking at Google Earth). The area on the corner, where there is now a car park is also clear in 1903, so I suppose this could have been a mill at one time, although it's not near to any mill stream. Hoem Mill appears to be bounded by Westminster Lane and Petticoat Lane. Don't know if this will help at all :-) Kate -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ros Fletcher Sent: 15 May 2008 13:49 To: IOW list; Henry Adams Subject: [IoW] Mill Trail Hello Everyone, I am prompted to write today because I see that the Island is having a Walking Festival so I suppose you will all be out on the Mill Trail Town Walk soon! I have just discovered that our g.g.grandfather, John Adams, was a miller at "Westminster" in Newport in 1841 and great grandfather, Henry, was there too as a baby of 3 months. I see that the Westminster Mill was a fulling mill so I guess he wasn't working there - perhaps he was at the Home Mill. Several of his neighbours were millers also. In 1851 he was a miller and maltster and the address was House & Mill, Hearn St - could this be the same mill, I wonder? Our 3xgreat grandfather was also a miller and baker in Town Lane. So, if anyone is passing any of these sites do give them a nod from me. And for Saturday's FA Cup Final - GO POMPEY!!! Good luck ............. Ros. ************************************** You can contact the Isle of Wight List Administrator by emailing: [email protected] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message