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I was probably about 100 feet from this bad boy. Joe and I were completely floored. Well, I was at least, Joe probably was too. I have read that the tips of each blade move at about 200MPH. Crazy crazy crazy.
Just passing this afternoon so I stopped off to see what the farmer was doing with the field this Autumn. Not a lot going on so decided to walk up to the mill and upon approaching noticed that it has been 'Tagged' (or defaced with graffiti). Now this is a windmill, Grade 2 Listed, dating back to 1627 and thought to be the oldest in the country and maintained by The National Trust. It stands in a field in the middle of the countryside about two hundred yards away from the road. It's not in some urban concrete jungle or a railway siding on the run into Euston . . . It's in a field in rural Buckinghamshire so why some 'street' 'erbert sees value in daubing it with his mark beggars belief . . . Who is he trying to impress? Rabbits?
Now I wasn't going to post this shot as I thought it might give him some publicity, but then I thought that perhaps I should put it into the public domain and hopefully maybe, just maybe sometime in the future he might come across it on the net and realise just what a Pratt he was!
Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire.
iPhone 4
30th September 2015
Once known as Lytham Marsh, this windmill was built by the local Squire in 1805. Originally it didn’t have the wall surrounding it, which was addd about 10 years later and was used by the miller to adjust the sails.
As early as the 1840s residents were complaining about the noise it made and called it "an industrial nuisance" but visitors found it interesting.
In 1919 a severe gale caused a fire and the interior and cap were destroyed. ln 1921 the Windmill was given to the people of Lytham by John T. Clifton, the Squire. The shell was restored, a new cap and sails fitted.
It’s been used as a cafe, the H.Q. for Lytham Cruising Club, the Motorboat Club and the Sea Cadets and was once an Electricity Board substation.
Between 1963 - 75 it was renovated and again in 1985 - 89
Pitstone Windmill is thought to be the oldest windmill in the UK, it dates back to 1627.
I'm going through a bit of a hard time at the moment, so I went to see my parents for some tea and sympathy and went the scenic route. On the way I stopped and took a photo of this windmill.
Silently, the wind opens the meadows of heaven, and the stars blossom in the night sky.- at rottingdean windmill
Lacey Green windmill stands on the escarpment of the Chiltern Hills, near Princes Risborough and halfway between High Wycombe and Aylesbury. Since 1971 it has been restored back to working order by members of The Chiltern Society. It has been restored to preserve its unique wooden machinery, which probably dates from around 1650, making this the oldest smock windmill in the country. It is thought that the body of the mill was rebuilt in the early 19th century, and at some time its machinery was modernised. The modernisations included the fitting of a fantail (on the back of the cap) to turn the cap into the wind automatically. The windmill was in use until around 1915. After this it was used in the 1920s as a weekend cottage. However despite some obvious attempts at weatherproofing (with corrugated iron sheets and roofing felt), by the mid 1930s it was in a poor condition, and rapidly deteriorating. More details can be found on the website www.laceygreenwindmill.org.uk/index.htm
Pitstone Windmill in Buckinghamshire - reportedly the oldest windmill in the United Kingdom. More info here.
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. It should be remembered that such a structure would have had to have frequent repairs made to it, so it is quite possible the mill predates 1627.
Thanks to Coffee Nut for the inspiration.
External View of Outwood Windmill.
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