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SOME FEUDAL MILLS. 133
been established there, and which quickly minimised ,^^^,,,J,Xvtxt ^
KINGS . .„ MILLS,
the importance of the watermill and in due course Liverpool.
the latter dis-
entirely superseded it. But though
appeared, its pool and dam, or dyke, in the Everton
Dale long remained, and are frequently mentioned in
the town records. In the meantime the designation
of the Liverpool portion of Everton Dale gradually
became transformed from "Everton Dale" to
"Eastham Dale" or "Eastham"—an ancient and
once celebrated place-name now revived by its milling
records. "^
2. Eastham, standing out on the open heathlands
beyond the town, with its brook coursing down
beside the busy mills that centred at this spot the
milling trade of Liverpool for several centuries, was
then, no doubt, a pleasant-enough place ; where oft
were witnessed—
"... The brimming wave that swam
Through quiet meadows round the mill ;
The sleepy pool above the dam,
The pool beneath it never still;
The meal sacks on the whiten'd floor;
The dark round of the dripping wheel;
The very air about the door
Made misty with the floating meal."
But after the decay of the watermills, the little stream
flowed useless and neglected below the huge king's
windmill that long stood there; and in 1561 it is to
N.D. {c. 1257). Land in the territory of Liverpool between the Crosses juxta
Eu'ston.
1385.
J410.
Land lying juxta Kirkdale between the White Cross and Eu'ston Crosse.
A sandland juxta Euerstan Milne.
145 1. Lease of Etton Mylne.
1 52 1. A sandland which shoots from Estam Mylne towards the Dale.
1563. The lane that leadeth from St. Patrick's Crosse into the townfield
towards Eastham Mylne [Great Crosshall Street].
1563. The town's land called Mylne Dam, East-town.
1564. Le Eastham Dale in Lyverpole Field.
1566. Three butts in Estam Dayle in Lyverpole.
1567. One sande lande and two butts shooting in to Estham Dale belonging,
to the said Our Ladie Hall.
1577. A stone coppe or ditch, being near unto Eastham Milne.
1587. Comonly called Eastham Milne, within her ma-esty's manor.
L Eastham
Watermills,
1257-1423.
2. Eastham
Watermills.
Reliquiae.
Moore Deeds,
269 (8).
Ibid., 258.
Add. MSS.,
32105. 469.
Text, post, p. 142.
Moore Deeds, 90.
Port Mote, i. 149.
Ibid., i. 192.
Crosse Deeds, 195.
Ibid., 205.
Port Mote, i. 386.
Ibid., ii. 144.
Text, post, p. 162.