Bidston Tower Mill, Bidston

A wind-powered corn mill in the historic county of Cheshire, England.

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Built in the early 19th century to replace the post mill, and belonged to the Vyner family. It has a three story brick tower, and the cap was originally turned by a tailpole, and later by a chain wheel. In 1821 and 1839 fire destroyed the sails and internal machinery. It ceased work c 1875.

In 1894 the mill was purchased for the public by the Birkenhead Corporation, perhaps the first windmill in the country to be preserved as a historical monument.

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• Anthony Bryan, Mills Research Group Database
• http://www.bidstonhill.org.uk/heritage/trail05/
• Ordnance Survey 25 inch map, Cheshire XIII.2 (1912)
• Patel, Rowan, The windmills and watermills of Wirral: A historical survey (Countyvise, 2016), p. 47
• Windmill World

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