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This post mill is located in Stevington, Bedfordshire. Eng. I was lucky to get there at the right time before the wheat was harvested...!!!
Chesterton Windmill is just off the Fosse Way about five miles to the south of Leamington Spa, near the village of Chesterton, Warwickshire.
Erected in 1632 from a design attributed to Inigo Jones, the windmill was in use until 1910. It was possibly an observatory once, which explains its unusual appearance.
The design of the mill is unique both structurally and mechanically. Originally there was a central timber structure containing a staircase.
Most of the gearing is of timber. The millstones are on the first floor set on a timber frame known as a hurst, an arrangement not often found in English windmills. The sails would have been of the common cloth type. The cap is turned into the wind by a hand operated geared winch mounted on the framework in the cap, which engages with a rack located on the top of the tower.
Located just outside Wilton on the North Wessex Downs 10 miles south east of Marlborough, the only working mill in Wessex.
Great Haseley Windmill, once derelict, now restored. Photographed from the A329. History of the restoration here www.greathaseleywindmillrestoration.blogspot.co.uk
The Beemster is the first so-called polder in the Netherlands, land that was reclaimed from a lake, the water being extracted out of the lake by windmills. The Beemster Polder was dried during the period 1609 through 1612. Because of its historical relevance, and because the original structure of the area is still largely intact, the Beemster was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage Site list in 1999.
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This lovely old windmill at Bembridge, on the Isle of Wight, was built around 1700 and was fully functional until 1913, when its young millers were drafted to prepare for the coming Great War.
Once painted in watercolour by JMW Turner, and now owned and nurtured by the National Trust, most of the windmill's original machinery is intact. Visitors can climb to the top, see its internal workings close at hand, and follow the process of milling down its four floors.
Or just sit outside in the sunshine and enjoy the unique sight!
One of the two windmills in Skerries. I have been to Skerries many times since I moved to Swords nearby 41 years ago and never saw these mills before. When I went there this time they were closed so now I have a reason to return!
Information: The Mill complex comprises a watermill, 5-sail windmill, 4-sail windmill and associated mill races, mill pond and wetlands. The history of the mills can be traced to the 16th century. A bakery was also established on the site by 1840. All three mills have been restored to working order by F.Á.S. and Fingal County Council and are open to visitors throughout the year.
The mills in Skerries demonstrate an efficient and clean use of water and wind power and are a rare survival of 17th, 18th and 19th century industrial history. Indoors: Visitors can see how the watermill works and view exhibits of milling equipment; mill stones, elevators, shakers, blowers, winnowers. Bright and sunlit tea-rooms and a well stocked craft shop are located on the first floor of the four-storey watermill building. Outdoors: A mill race runs from the mill pond along the edge of the cornfield to turn the waterwheel. Dominating the landscape however, are the two windmills, the 5-sail Great Windmill of Skerries and the older thatched 4-sail mill.
Windmill at Lytham St Annes, just one of many that can be found all around the Fylde Coast. (The word Fylde is of Scandanavian origin and means "Field").
Le Moulin de Moidrey (the Windmill of Moidrey), built in 1806, is located on the mainland of Normandy between the town of Avranches and the Mont Saint Michel, on the top of a hill of 44 m height.
The unique Mont Saint Michel is about 5 km on the left of the picture.
Le Moulin de Moidrey (de Windmolen van Moidrey), gebouwd in 1806, is gelegen op het vasteland van Normandië tussen het stadje Avranches en de Mont Saint Michel, bovenop een 44 meter hoog heuveltje.
De unieke Mont Saint Michel ligt op ca. 5 km en is links op de foto nog net te zien.
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Windmills in Kingston upon Hull and at Skidby Top with a lone rabbit taken on the 28 April 2018 in Colour and Monochrome
This group of mills is the largest concentration of old windmills in the Netherlands. (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
This collection of 19 windmills is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located about 15 kilometers east of Rotterdam. The mills are located in a polder bounded by the rivers Lek and Noord in the Alblasserwaard and were built around 1740 to pump water out of the polder and create agricultural land. Many are still in use, although 2 huge diesel pumping stations pump out the water now. The site is a major tourist attraction and serves to demonstrate the Dutch skills in hydrology over the centuries.
Kinderdijk translates to Child's dike in Dutch, and refers to the finding of a newborn in a cradle with a cat on top floating in the water after a big storm in the 1700's. Both cat and baby were rescued. The English version of the story is known as "The Cat and the Cradle."