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Pitstone Windmill is a Grade II* listed windmill in England which is thought to date from the early 17th century. It stands in the north-east corner of a large field near the parish boundary of Ivinghoe and Pitstone in Buckinghamshire, and belongs today to the National Trust
Weybourne towermill was built in 1850 on the north side of the Sheringham Road. Weybourne was originally spelt Wabourne. The five storey red brick tower stood at about 42 ft. to its curb.
1850: Mill built
1850: Daniel Brett, miller
1859: John Dawson advertised the mill to be let
c.1869: John Dawson bankrupt
1872: James Buckenham, miller
September 1873: Mill to advertised to be let at a rent of £35 per annum
1875: Adam Aldridge, miller
O.S. map 1886: Windmill
Kelly's 1879: William Thomas Bird, miller & farmer
Kelly's 1892: James Youngman, farmer & miller (wind)
Census 1901: Thomas Youngman (42) b.Honing, corn miller
c.1916: Mill ceased to work
c.1925: Mill restored but machinery removed except windshaft
1929: J. Sydney Brocklesby. Mill with no sails, fantail or gallery
Karl Wood painting 1937: Tower with cap, gallery, fanstage and windshaft but no sails
c.1942: Mr & Mrs Dodds
c:1945 - 1952: William Read, Sarahann Read and daughter Rosemary Read
1956: Mill cap and fan frame still in situ but no sails or stocks
1967: Mill bought by Mr. W.M.T. Boby of Watford.
1968 New cap made and installed by William Bird & Son, Contractors Ltd. of North Walsham
Spring 1969: Skeleton sails installed by Thompson & Son of Alford, Lincs. No brakewheel, so sails were fixed
August 1970: Woodwork painted with a grant from Norfolk Windmills Trust
1973: Grant from Norfolk Windmills Trust for further work
3rd January 1978: Mill sails struck by lightning bursting a water pipe
8th May 1981: Mill advertised for sale for £150,000
January May 1982: Mill sold for £125,000
1986: Dr. & Mrs. Nicholas Godlee
September 1986: Part of a sail damaged in a gale removed by millwright, John Lawn
www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-224655-weybourne-mill...
Birds eye view - Windmill farm in Bradford County, PA taken by flying below and in between the windmills. The yellow blurry object is the airplane wing strut.
Cley windmill.
Cley Next the Sea North Norfolk.
c.1819: Mill built, possibly by William Farthing
Bryant's map 1826: Windmill
White's 1836: John Lee, corn & coal merchant, miller & maltster
1840-1919: Steven Barnabas Burroughs and Burroughs family
Tithe Award 1841: Owner John Farthing; Occupier John Lee
White's 1845: John Lee, corn & coal merchant, miller & maltster
1846: John Lee, miller
1850: William Edward Powell, miller & merchant
1853: Lawrence Randall, miller
White's 1854: Lawrence Randall, corn miller, coal & cake merchant
1862: Lawrence Randall, miller
1875: Stephen Barnabas Burroughs, miller
February 1876: Mill advertised for sale by auction in occupation of S. B. Burroughes, copyhold of the Manor
Kelly's 1879: Stephen Barnabas Burroughs, miller, baker & corn merchant
June 1886: Mill advertised for sale by auction in occupation of S. B. Burroughes, annual tenant at a rent of £50. Freehold
Kelly's 1892: Stephen Barnabas Burroughs, miller (wind), baker & coal & corn merchant; & at Holt & Langham
1921: Mill bought by Sarah Maria Wilson from Burroughes Flour Mills for £350 and converted to holiday home.
c.1921: Machinery removed; cap and sails fixed
1934: Mill inherited by Col. Hubert Blount (grandson of Sarah Wilson)
31st January 1953: Mill under 8 to 9 feet of water during the great sea flood
1st February 1976: Lt. Col. Hubert Blount died
1960: Sails replaced
1979: Colonel Charles and Jane Blount
May 1982: Mill advertised for sale
21st April 1983: Planning consent granted to turn the mill and complex into a guesthouse & self catering units
EDP 8th January 1987: John Lawn & John Bond take down fan assembly for renovation
5th August 1987: New fantail and frame installed by John Lawn, millwright
1987: Miss Caroline Hederman, property manageress
2004: Mill used for self catering and B&B accommodation
2005: Colonel Charles & Jane Blount retired leaving the mill to be run by nephew John Woodhouse & wife Val
2006: Charlotte Martin property manageress
May 2006: Mill advertised for sale by Strutt & Parker for c.£1,500,000
December 2006: Mill sold to Julian & Carolyn Godlee of Hertfordshire
2007: Mill still to offer self catering & B&B accommodation with the restaurant being opened to non residents
2006: Charlotte Martin property manageress
14th December 2011: Rock star Rick Wakeman, married for the 4th time at the mill
Grade ll Listed building.
www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-224599-cley-mill-cley...
Images taken in the evening light at the windmills of Kinderdijk.
Nikon D800 - Tamron 24-70 f/2.8 lens
This windmill was once used to pump salty water from the Mar Menor to the salt works of San Pedro Del Pinatar, Spain. Electrical pumps are now used.
Using the square format and High Dynamic Range options introduced in version 2.1 firmware on Panasonic DMC-LX3
Another great sight in Amsterdam - a Dutch Windmill! Make sure you see one on your river or ocean cruise! www.theluxurycruisecompany.com/