The house and grounds of Boyton Mill are situated on the eastern Devon side of the River Tamar, which borders Cornwall. This video provides a 360-degree panoramic view of the modern-day home, the mill building, and the surrounding grounds.

John and Grace Oliver lived at Boyton Mill with their younger children, first as tenants from 1827 and later as owners from 1842 until Grace’s death in 1860. Interestingly, two of their sons took their expertise abroad: William Oliver (born 1810) emigrated to the United States in 1840, where he became involved in mill operations, while Samuel Oliver (born 1819) emigrated to New Zealand in 1841 and established the first flour mill in New Plymouth.

Their youngest child, Francis Oliver, inherited Boyton Mill and ran it until his death in 1897. The mill was then passed to his daughter, Ann Yeo (née Oliver), and her husband, Thomas Yeo, who owned it until 1913. Their son, Frank Yeo, took over operations until 1936.

The original house consisted only of the left-hand segment, with three additional sections built later to expand the home. The south-facing mill building, a stand-alone structure to the left of the house, consists of two levels. The lower ground floor retains the late 19th-century lay-shaft drive mill gearing and a large wooden-frame hurst. The upper floor contains the bedstones, set into the floorboards.

Just 1.6 km west of Boyton Mill, across the Tamar River in Cornwall, stands the Church of England parish church known as the “Church of The Holy Name, Boyton,” or simply Boyton Parish Church.

This is where the Oliver family worshiped, and in Marie’s video, viewers can see the Oliver family headstones in the church grounds