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This subsequently became kynocks then ICI then IMI

My great aunt told me the story of the windmill and she lived at the farm from c 1910 and the mill was not in existence then because the grindstones that used to grind the cirn were used as flower pots

Now that’s interesting because I was told the mill was knocked down c1780 and the stones were used to build a wall dividing fields so is this the same mill or a different mill?

No it as Oldford Farm - and holdford drive it is very confusing because further across adjacent to Oldford was another farm called Holdford or Holford which is where kynocks/IMI was based The cottages are based in Holford (holdford) Drive Hope you are safe and well that clears up any confusion

On a Sunday you can go to a service on an evening but only when the students are in residence - it’s an amazing place the architecture the artwork- the stain glass windows - if you contact to find the times the students are there - usual College/university periods well worth going

You quote Oscott College being built on Oldford Farm - it was originally purchased for that but because Buggins farm became available the College was built there

The cottages were completed and still exist today in Holyfield drive which used to be the entrance to kynocks/ICI/ImI my father was born in 1927 in one of them the request to the college was because Farmer Baines my great great uncle was losing cowmen because he had nowhere to house them the...