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I'm having a clear out of my photos in lightroom and came across this one from last year of the Jill windmill in Sussex.
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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. It should be remembered that such a structure would have had to have frequent repairs made to it, so the mill may predate 1627. It was dendrochronologically dated in 2004 by Dr. Martin Bridge of the Oxford Dendrochronology Laboratory when the oldest pieces in the buck were found to be from trees felled in winter 1595/96 and spring 1597. The 'new' crown tree was made from a tree that felled in spring 1670, while the quarter bars of the trestle were from trees felled between 1824 and 1826, so like most mills, it is a mix of old timbers variously recycled or hanging on from their original use.
For nearly three hundred years grain grown in the two adjoining villages was ground at the mill into flour. In 1874 the mill was bought by Adelbert Wellington Brownlow Cust, 3rd Earl Brownlow who owned the nearby Ashridge Estate. He subsequently left it to a local farmer, who ran a successful milling business from the mill.
In 1902 the mill was seriously damaged during an enormous gale, damaging it beyond the price of economic repair. Around 1922 the derelict ruined mill was bought from the Ashridge Estate by a farmer whose land was close to the mill. In 1937 he donated it to the National Trust. However, it was not until 1963 that a band of volunteers began to carry out renovations at their own expense. The mill appeared in an episode of The Champions titled The Invisible Man which was filmed in 1967.[2] In 1970, after an interlude of 68 years, the mill once again ground corn.
Kinderdijk is a village in the Netherlands, belonging to the municipality of Molenwaard, in the province South Holland, about 15 km east of Rotterdam. Kinderdijk is situated in a polder in the Alblasserwaard at the confluence of the Lek and Noord rivers. To drain the polder, a system of 19 windmills was built around 1740. This group of mills is the largest concentration of old windmills in the Netherlands. The windmills of Kinderdijk are one of the best known Dutch tourist sites. They have been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997.
Waldemarsudde ist der südlichste Teil der Stockholmer Halbinsel Djurgården mit der gleichnamigen Villa Prinz Die Windmühle wurde 1784 errichtet.
Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde, is a museum located on Djurgården in central Stockholm
The windmills are in itself a beauty but when you get a chance to capture them along with the swan it is a real treat. Now the beauty is doubled. Thanks to the slient water and still swan :)
Chesterton Windmill is a 17th-century cylindric stone tower windmill with an arched base, located outside the village of Chesterton, Warwickshire. It is a Grade I listed[1] building and a striking landmark in South-East Warwickshire.
Poldermolen 'De Eendracht' (1887) bij Sebaldeburen is eigendom van Molenstichting Westerkwartier e.o. De achtkante bovenkruier staat ongeveer een kilometer ten noorden van de Provincialeweg tussen Sebaldeburen en Grootegast. De molen werd in 1887 gebouwd nadat een voorganger uit 1801 was afgebrand na blikseminslag. Tot 1970 bleef de molen beroepsmatig in gebruik als gemaal van de Sebaldebuurstermolenpolder.
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Windmühle Hille
Der Erdholländer wurde 1733 erbaut. Der bauchig-konische Mühlenturm wurde im unteren Drittel aus Schieferbruchsteinen und darüber aus Feldbrandsteinen gemauert.
Bis 1951 wurde die Mühle mit Flügeln betrieben, dann brach im Sturm ein Flügel ab und die Mühle wurde mit einem neben dem Gebäude stehenden Motor angetrieben. 1956 brach ein Getriebeteil am Motorgang und der Mühlenbetrieb wurde gänzlich eingestellt.
Nach der Restaurierung hat die Mühle wieder windgängige „rechtsdrehende“ Segelflügel – eine Besonderheit im Windmühlenbau, drehen sich doch sonst fast alle Flügel andersherum – sowie eine Windrosenanlage mit zusätzlichem „Ziehrad“.
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Vila do Corvo, Corvo Island, Azores, Portugal.
One of the three windmills with wooden shafts, built in the 19th century and currently integrated on to the inventory of the cultural heritage of the island of Corvo.
Vila do Corvo, Ilha do Corvo, Açores, Portugal.
Um dos três moinhos de vento com hastes de madeira, originários do século XIX e que atualmente pertencem ao Inventário do Património da ilha do Corvo.
Pitstone Windmill is a Grade II* listed[1] 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.
We finally got to visit the windmill which is one of the biggest in Norfolk. It is quite difficult to get to as there is no road and unless you have a boat which we don't it is a six mile round trip walk although there is a tiny railway request stop fairly nearby. I was really impressed by the size of the mill so it was well worth the walk.
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