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We went for a drive a few months ago and ended up in the middle a windmill farm. There were so many and it was actually quite eerie..it was very quiet and cold on the day we went but there was a slow, quiet whooshing sound from the windmills..kind of made me feel like I was in a different world.
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De molens bij Wilsveen (tussen Leidschendam en Zoetermeer).
In totaal staan hier 3 molens maar vanaf de kant waar ik vandaan kwam kon/mocht ik niet verder omdat het hek afgesloten was.
Windmills have featured in Lytham's history for hundreds of years. In 1805 Richard Cookson sought and obtained a lease from the Squire for a plot of land on which to build a " windy milne". Later in 1860, when the prestigious houses in the area were being built the residents looked upon the Windmill as an "industrial nuisance" !!!!!!!!!!!!!
On the 2nd of January 1919 a tremendous gale turned the sails despite the powerful brake, and sparks ignited the woodwork. The Windmill was quickly ravaged by fire, the interior being entirely gutted. The Windmill remained derelict until 1921 when it was given by the Squire to the Lytham Urban District Council. In 1989 the Windmill was restored by Fylde Borough Council and is open to the public during the season.
The Windmill is situated on Lytham Green, East Beach, Lytham, Lancashire.
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Happy Windmill Wednesday - taken a few weeks ago - a pale rose sky provided a nice opportune. I have been lax in my weekly posting of wind pumps - but catching up. HWW
St Monans Windmill is the most tangible reminder of salt production,
an industry that for centuries blighted the environment of coastal communities right along both shores of the Firth of Forth. Salt extraction remains mostly in a series of placenames alongside the River Forth involving "pan" or "pans". The most well known of these is Prestonpans, where industrial salt extraction continued until as recently as 1959. Salt production at St Monans is due to Sir John Anstruther, who became the local laird in 1753 and 1771 he and his business partner, Robert Fall, established the Newark Coal and Salt Company. Coal was extracted from land immediately to the north of the windmill from a mine whose site is now occupied by Coal Farm. The salt pans were housed in nine buildings on the raised beach below the windmill, whose locations can still be seen today. The role of the windmill was to provide the power to pump sea water from tidally-fed reservoirs cut into the rocks offshore into the salt pans. Production went on round the clock and at the height of operations the salt pans employed 20 men, while the colliery serving it employed a further 36 men. More information at
Chesterton Windmill near Harbury in Warwickshire.
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Pitstone Windmill is to find in a large field near the parish of Ivinghoe and Pitstone in Buckinghamshire.
It is first built around 1627 as this date is carved on part of the framework. This is the earliest date to be found on any windmill in the British Isles.
For many hundreds of years grain grown in the two adjoining villages was ground at the mill into flour.
In 1937 the windmill was donated it to the National Trust.
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Pitstone Windmill stands in the north east corner of a large field near the parish boundary of Ivinghoe and Pitstone in Buckinghamshire.
It is thought to have been first built circa 1627 as this date is carved on part of the framework.
This is the earliest date to be found on any windmill in the British Isles.
Danish Windmill
Elk Horn, Iowa
This windmill was originally built in Denmark in 1846 and rebuilt in Elk Horn in 1976. Today this is the only authentic, working, Danish windmill in the United States.
Source: www.danishwindmill.com/danish_windmill_history/history_ov...
The present windmill on Brill Common in Buckinghamshire, was probably erected sometime in the 1680s. Although not quite the oldest windmill in England, it is one of the best preserved of the dozen or so 17th century post-mills still standing. A post-mill is a mill in which the whole structure revolves around a central post in order to face the wind.
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The earliest record of a windmill in Great Bircham is in 1761, when miller Richard Miller made his will. The mill, which was probably a post mill, was offered for sale in 1769. In 1800 the miller, Robert Sparham, was in financial difficulties and made a Deed of Assignment. In 1804 the mill was offered for sale or to let by George Humphrey. The next miller was Bloom Humphrey, who was followed by his widow Martha and then their son George. The mill remained in the Humphrey family until it was demolished in 1846 to enable a new tower mill to be built on its site.
The tower mill was built for George Humphrey in 1846, a date stone to this effect is located between two windows on the first floor of the mill. The mill was built from cream coloured bricks, but was latter tarred. The mill was offered to let in 1856 and again in 1861. An accident in March 1864 in which George Humphrey was driving his cart whilst drunk resulted in the death of his wife Elizabeth. In April the mill was ordered to be sold by the mortgagees. An auction was held on 13 May at the Hare Inn, Docking. The next millers were Henry and Philip Stanton, followed by Walter Palmer. He left Norfolk in 1882 and Joseph Wagg took the mill, followed by a succession of Howards. William Howard was the last miller. The mill was working in 1916 but had ceased by 1922. The sails and fantail had been removed by 1934.
The mill was part of the Houghton Estate of the Marquess of Cholmondeley. In 1939 the mill was sold to Her Majesty the Queen, becoming part of the Sandringham Estate. The mill was purchased from Her Majesty the Queen by Roger Wagg in May 1976 and restoration of the mill commenced in 1977.
The restoration of the mill began in 1977. The cap frame was removed on 17 August 1979 by Messrs Lennard & Lawn, millwrights, based at Caston. The new cap was fitted on 2 August 1979. The first pair of sails were fitted on 17 May 1980 and the second pair on 26 May 1983. The tower was coated with Bellecoat Stipple, a black resin-based protective covering. Internally, new floors were fitted, and a new stage constructed around the mill. Replacement machinery was sourced from other windmills. The drive for the sack hoist came from Harpley.