Mrs. Beatrice McClellan White (1898 – 1969), of Longbridge Deverill, writing in 1960 on the subject of Crockerton, noted:
Although now Crockerton is all agricultural, this used not to be so. As early as 1260, in a survey made by Glastonbury, there is mention of a pottery and a mill. What the mill was I do not know – it was probably flour. In a 17th century picture to be seen in County Hall, Trowbridge, a mill is shown at the foot of Potters Hill, the steep hill up to the church (1 in 4) from the main village, on the little stream now known as Horse Water. There is no trace of this mill left or any records. Possibly this stream was larger before Shearwater Lake was made by damming the stream. This may possibly be the mill of Domesday.