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A windy evening and a passing storm had the windmills working tonight. I shot this with the vintage Helios 4402 50mm lens.
Woodchurch Windmill is a fine example of a four-storey kentish smock mill on a single-storey brick base with a Kentish-style cap and winded by a fantail.
Photo © Jeremy Sage
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 building and a striking landmark in South-East Warwickshire.
The windmill is one of Warwickshire's most famous landmarks. It stands on a hilltop overlooking the village of Chesterton for nearly 350 years. It is near the Roman Fosse Way and about five miles (8 km) south-east of Warwick. It was built around 1632-1633, probably by Sir Edward Peyto, who was Lord of the Chesterton Manor House. At this time John Stone, a pupil of Inigo Jones, was in Chesterton designing the new Manor House and he probably helped with the windmill as well. Sir Edward was a Mathematician and Astrologer and probably his own architect to the windmill, but although claims have been made that the tower was originally built as an observatory, the estate accounts now at Warwick Record Office show that it has always been a windmill, making it the earliest tower mill in England to retain any of its working parts.
Built in the early 1700s, this is the sole remaining Windmill on the Isle of Wight.
22nd October 2017.
I did my best to try and get as straight a shot of the windmill as I could but it seems to be leaning over into the nearby stream!
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Kinderdijk windmills: unique & iconic water management
A significant part of Holland is situated up to approximately 7 meters below sea level. The Dutch don’t notice any of this though, because an incredibly innovative and intricate system keeps the ever-rising seawater from flooding the land. Even during spring tide, the Dutch are safely guarded from being washed away.
The most important aspect of UNESCO World Heritage Kinderdijk is undoubtedly the unique collection of 19 authentic windmills, which are considered a Dutch icon.
At Bembridge Windmill on the Isle of Wight.
I love the marks of use on this wheel, as well as the odd woodworm holes. Clearly a long and well used piece of equipment.
The famous windmills of Kinderdijk rise high above the polder landscape of Alblasserwaard, their mighty sails proudly facing the wind. Still, these historical giants are just a small part of an enormous joint venture of people, nature, and technology. A thousand years ago, this whole area was one big peat bog, trapped between raging rivers and the fury of the sea. Hunters and fishermen came here only in summer, if the water levels were low enough..
Windlmills on the Kruisvest in Bruges. www.xplorengo.com/eng/europe/Belgium/westflanders/bruges/...
Windmolens op de Kruisvest in Brugge. www.xplorengo.com/ned/europa/Belgie/west-vlaanderen/brugg...
Great Haseley Windmill
Another one from the little Fuji XT-2 and the 10-24mm.
My first visit to this location been meaning to go for a while now. So went last Friday evening although the forecast didn't look promising but at least I thought I can scout the location out.
But as I often say to my darling wife you never know.
And I got some lovely light for all of 2 minutes to get this shot.
One from a cold and windy day in Norfolk back in April.
Cley Windmill is a grade II listed tower mill at Cley next the Sea, Norfolk, England which has been converted to residential accommodation and is now a rather nice B&B.
Former windmill. Now an exclusive private home in Sandhurst, Kent, UK, close to the border with East Sussex.
The windmill on Bidston Hill is mentioned in an early manuscript dated 1609 and may have been there as early as 1596. It is next mentioned in the Kingston map of 1665 .
The mill of 1665 was a “peg mill”. It was destroyed in 1791 during a gale. In the high winds, the sails revolved so fast that the friction caused the machinery to ignite!
In 1800, a new “tower mill” was built from brick to replace the peg mill. The tower mill ground corn to flour for 75 years. Situated on top of Bidston Hill, it was ideally placed to catch the wind, but getting to and from the mill caused no end of problems for cart drivers. The windmill could produce 122 lb (about 51 kg ) of flour every 3 to 5 minutes (depending on the wind speed).