Bishops Hull Mills

The medieval manor mill at Bishops Hull went out of use in the 1340s but by the late 16th century the parish was home to a large number of mills, all but one on the river Tone. Frethey mill was in use from the mid 16th to early 18th centuries and Burchin mill, a former fulling mill, was a grain mill by 1585 but was ruinous by the 1780s.  Like all rural mills near Taunton they suffered competition from the development of the medieval manor mills near the Castle into the Town Mills.