The work proved to be insufficiently substantial and in 1696 a further Act of Parliament authorised the County of Hereford to buy up and demolish the mills on the Wye and Lugg.
Provedení ovšem nebylo dost solidní a tak v roce 1696 parlament povolil hrabství Hereford skoupit a zrušit mlýny na Wye a Luggu.