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been re-modelled as a farm. In 1909 a post office is shown next to the smithy and a horse trough stands opposite. A later OS map shows a telephone call box at the post office with the smithy no longer marked. The
Caldermill Farm buildings next to the old Calder Mill are shown as greatly enlarged in the mid-20th century. The farm of Calderbraehead is recorded in the OS Name book for the period 1858 to 1861 as being occupied by William Wiseman and at the time it was the property of the
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A 2005 photograph shows the old mill as a ruin (datum 2023), but it has since been restored as a private dwelling. In 2022 the site of the mill pond remains as a flooded area next to the old access road to the abandoned Calder Bridge. In the mid-20th century the mill is not shown as an operational
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The mill had an overshot waterwheel and there was a grain kiln with two sets of millstones for general grinding and for producing oatmeal. The last miller was John McStrovock who died in
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