Yafford

Yafford

Yafford is a hamlet on the Isle of Wight. It is located nine kilometres from Newport in the southwest of the island. It has a non operational water mill, which was working until 1970. The mill has an overshot water wheel, powered by the flow of water from a millpond. The pond is fed by a stream from the nearby village of Shorwell. The name Yafford is said to be derived from the Anglo-Saxon word "hecce" meaning a hatch or sluice.Fact|date=July 2007 The mill was a grist mill, working to grind corn (wheat, oats, barley) to create animal feed; it did not have the machinery to produce fine flour for people.


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