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The mills came into the ownership of the Olivers, along with Exwick Manor House in the17th Century. In the 1780's Banfill and Granger purchased the house and several acres of farmland when the last of the Olivers died, and proceeded to create an industrial complex to process wool into cloth, using the Lower Mill for fulling the cloth. Dye and Washing Houses were built near the leat to provide plenty of water and workshops, rack fields, spinning shops and houses for the factories workers spread up the hill. Jenkins described the complex thus:
http://www.exetermemories.co.uk/EM/exwickmills.html

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This link seems to indicate that "full" is American (not British) usage. Apparently, however, "full" is also used in this context in the UK.

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