Gayton Mill, Gayton, Cheshire
A wind-powered corn mill in the historic county of Cheshire, England.
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A date of 1735 is carved beneath a window, so the mill may have been constructed at this time. It had three pairs of stones. It ceased work in the 1870s; the machinery remained intact until the 1920s when the internal floors collapsed. Some machinery remained in the mill until 1989, at which time the surviving stone walls were incorporated into a house.
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| Alternative names | Heswall Mill |
| Power source | Wind |
| Mill type | Tower mill |
| Mill function | Corn mill |
| Archive ID | 1227 |
| Location | Gayton |
| Historic county | Cheshire |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| NGR | SJ 2772 8121 |
| Latitude/longitude | 53.32308566, -3.08653833 |
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References
- Anthony Bryan, Mills Research Group Database
- Ordnance Survey 25 inch map, Cheshire XXII.6 (1912)
- Patel, Rowan, The windmills and watermills of Wirral: A historical survey (Countyvise, 2016), p. 79
- Windmill World
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