    wraxall is a village in north somerset in england. the parish of the same name also included nailsea and flax bourton until 1811. it is now within the parish of wraxall and failand. ==history== the origin of the name wraxall, which is shared with other villages in somerset, wiltshire and dorset, is thought to be "a nook of land frequented by buzzards". wraxall court was the original manor house. after the norman conquest the manor belonged to the de&nbsp;wrokeshale family until it passed to the moreville and then gorges family by marriage. the parish of wraxall was part of the portbury hundred. in victorian times the ford family lived at wraxall court, which was taken over by the admiralty during the second world war, and became a hall of residence for bristol university afterwards. the only waterwheel still operating on the land yeo is at watercress farm. the  diameter wheel, which was built before 1885 and is housed in a small brick building is used as a water pump. the other mill in the parish of wraxall operated in the 18th and 19th centuries. it fell out of use by 1885 and was ruin by 1950. the mill was demolished in 1961 to allow for the road widening and straightening of wraxall score, the only remains are crumbling walls by the entrance to wraxall house.{{cite web|last=bodman|first=martin|title=mills on the land yeo|url=http://somersetrivers.org/pdf/millsonthelandyeo.pdf|publ
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