Windmills of Bristol and Gloucestersire
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| Authors & editors | |
| Publisher | The Mills Archive Trust |
| Year of publication | 2024 |
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| Medium | Book |
| Edition | 1 |
| Series | Mills Archive Research Publications |
| No. in series | 18 |
| ISSN | 20516924 |
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| Scope & content | In the past the windmills of Gloucestershire and Bristol have tended to be overlooked by researchers into industrial archaeology; this book attempts to remedy that deficiency. A surprising variety of mills existed within the region; most were for grinding corn but windpumps are recorded, besides which the metropolis of Bristol spawned a number of windmills for “industrial” purposes such as the grinding of snuff. n Gloucestershire, traditional windmills are particularly symbolic of our past: largely gone, even from memory, the preserve now of a few enthusiasts, and seen by many as irrelevant to the present day. Even though well over one hundred sites are currently known, remains are few. There is no complete example in the county, none retaining its sails, original cap or machinery. Although the part played by windmills in this county was not large, in places with poor water supplies they were necessary for a time, and their use in various industries other than corn milling illustrates an ingenuity that deserves our appreciation. The industrial use of windmills, whilst common in the Low Countries, was never so extensively developed in England; but in the south of our county there survive rare remains of a snuff mill in Clifton, one of several built to aid the Bristol tobacco trade, and of an ore stamping mill in Warmley, an important centre of eighteenth century brass working. |
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