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Jim Woodward-Nutt & Jenny West: Mills Open, Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, UK, 1997 Neil Wright (Ed), Lincolnshire's Industrial Heritage , Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology, UK 2004, ISBN 0 903582 20 1
Horizontal-wheeled tide mill Old Windsor I [10] England: Probably late 7th century Mill-channel, woodwork of three vertical water-wheels Old Windsor II [10] England: 9th or 10th century Mill-channel, horizontal-wheeled mill Raunds, West Cotton [26] England: Late Saxon Leat, sluice gate, chute, stake and wattle lined and stone surfaced wheel-pit ...
Watermill of Braine-le-Château, Belgium (12th century) Interior of the Lyme Regis watermill, UK (14th century). A watermill or water mill is a mill that uses hydropower.It is a structure that uses a water wheel or water turbine to drive a mechanical process such as milling (grinding), rolling, or hammering.
Kirkby on Bain Mill River Bain: Kirkby on Bain: Private residence. Wheel still intact. Now known as The Old Watermill. Londonthorpe Mill River Witham: Manthorpe: 18th Century II* Intact. Also (currently) known as Manthorpe Mill. Manthorpe Mill River Witham: Manthorpe? ? No longer exists Partney Mill River Lymn: Spilsby? ? No longer exists Slate ...
Originally the mill had a single water wheel on the river side of the building. The mill was increased in size in the 1670s, and a leat was constructed to drive a second water wheel on the village side. It is this second wheel which is still in use today. [5] In 1690, the mill was leased to James Web for the sum of £60 per year.
The Barbegal mill, located on a steep slope in southern France, is considered the biggest ancient mill complex. Its capacity was sufficient to feed the whole nearby city of Arles. [1] Scheme of a water-driven sawmill at Hierapolis, Roman Asia. The 3rd century mill is the earliest known machine to incorporate a crank and connecting rod mechanism ...
The mill has a pantile roof, a single storey with an attic, and two bays. It contains a doorway with a step formed from a millstone, and a window. The wheelpit is parallel to the west gable in the ruins of the wheelhouse. The house to the right is rendered and has a slate roof. There are two storeys, two bays and a continuous rear outshut.
The mill was owned by Mr Jarvis in 1944, in which year it was sold to Vitovis Ltd. In 1945, the mill was modernised by the fitting of roller milling machinery and converting the whole to be powered by electricity. A large sign on the mill advertised Hovis flour. The mill was later sold to Gardener & Sons of Birchington but had closed by 1957 ...