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Notes on Staffordshire watermills. Also refers to the following mills and mines: Aston Mill; Audley; Bearstone Mill; Bucknall; Buglawton; Canford; Colour Mill, Cauldon, Winkhill; Chebsey; Rownall Mill, Cheddleton; Station Mill, Consall; Cotwalton; Cresswell Mill; Drakelow Flint Mill; Old Caynton Mill, Edgmond; Ellastone; Hoo Mill; Lichfield; Okeover Mill, Okeover; Hoo Mill, Rugely; Garth Street Mill, Stanley; Gelatine Mill, Stanley; Hercules Mill, Stanley; Victoria Mills; Boothen Mill, Stoke; Cooks Hill Mill, Stoke; Pratt's Mill Boothen; Bottom Mill, Stone; Staffordshire Brass Works, Stone; Cotwalton Mill, Stone Rural; Staffs Mill, Stone; Weaver's Mill, Stone; Whetmore Mill, Stone; Comton Mill, Tettenhall; Stramshaw Mill, Uttoxeter; Holymoorside Dyeworks, Walton; Dale Mine, Warslow; Winkhill.

"Brindling Mill"

Photo of the water-wheel under restoration at the mill originally built by James Brindley, in the 'Manchester Guardian'.

Diagramatic sketch of mill wheel and gearing system, North Mill, Cheddleton

The Cheddleton Flint Mill was built before 1700 as a corn mill. The second mill was added about 1760 to grind flint for the pottery industry. The Mill is being restored by the Preservation Trust as an Industrial Museum.
"Exploded" view of the North Mill, built (probably by James Brindley) specifically to grind flint, drawn by GH Lakin 1969

"Flour Mills and Insurance" (continued)

"Flour Mills and Insurance" (continued)

Cutting from 'The Finance Chronicle and Insurance Circular', discussing the layout, machinery and processes of roller mills and their associated fire risks. This article is a continuation of DUFF-SBK-001 and DUFF-SBK-002.

The Finance Chronicle and Insurance Circular

Six roller mills and their sacks per hour

Six roller mills and their sacks per hour

Two cuttings depicting Victoria Flour Mills, Grimsby, Ridgway Flour Mills, Hanley, Marsh Mills, Plympton, Burschough Mills, Burscough, Junction Mills, Leith, and Harston Mill, Harston and stating their number of sacks per hour.

Unknown publisher

"Book Briefs"

First recorded example of a Flint Mill at Cert, nr Dover in AD 792. Peter Wenham's "Water-Mills" surveys history and operations of these mills.

Periodical "This England"

Consall Flint Mill

Consall Flint Mill

The forty eighth item is a photograph of Consall Flint mill. Consall is a small village situated in the Staffordshire Moorlands eight miles east of Stoke - on - Trent. This image was produced in July 1950.

Gardner, Emilie Montgomery (1882-1959)

Cheddleton Flint mill exterior showing waterwheel

Cheddleton Flint mill exterior showing waterwheel

The fiftieth item is a photograph of one of the two flint mills of the village of Cheddleton in the Staffordshire moorlands. Cheddleton is near to the town of Leek. It is not clear whether this is North mill, Cheddleton, or South mill, Cheddleton; both of which were water powered flint mills. For this reason, both "North mill, Cheddleton" and "South mill, Cheddleton" have been added as Access points. This image was produced in July 1950.

Gardner, Emilie Montgomery (1882-1959)

References from The Staffordshire Advertiser

References to mills extracted from The Staffordshire Advertiser from 1840-1844. Includes information on mills for sale and to let, notices of bankruptcy and insolvency and miscellaneous references to mills and millers. Includes mentions of mills outside of the Staffordshire area.

Fox, Frances, known as Betty

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