Yafford

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{{short description|Hamlet on the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom}}

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Yafford is a hamlet on the Isle of Wight.yaffordmillbarn.westisleofwight.co.uk It is located {{convert|6|miles}} southwest from Newport in an area known as the Back of the Wight between Brighstone and Niton. It is in the civil parish of Shorwell. It has a non-operational water mill, which was working until 1970 and is now a listed building.{{cite web|url=https://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101220319-yafford-mill-shorwell#.W1ufJ9VKhxA|title=Yafford Mill|website=britishlistedbuildings.co.uk}} 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. It 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, part of the Buddle Brook. The name Yafford derives from the Anglo-Saxon word "hæcc" meaning a hatch or sluice and the word "ford"; probably referring to grating used to stop animals being carried away by the current in a river.{{cite web|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Isle%20of%20Wight/Yafford|title=Key To English Place-Names: Yafford|publisher= The University of Nottingham}}

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