Description:This view looks towards the Doxey Road from Broad Eye in Stafford and shows the Broad Eye corn mill which was built in 1796 using stones taken from the Old Town Hall (now replaced by the Shire Hall). The miller lived in a house next door.
In 1845 steam power was introduced and the sails were removed in the 1890s, after the mill had stopped working. The building was then used as a warehouse for grain and later by James Marsh, a mineral water manufacturer. In 1925 the lower floors were converted into a butcher shop, owned by Mr G. Foster; by 1932 it had become Palmer's greengrocers. The houses were demolished in 1930 and the land added to the Victoria Park extension. In the 1940s the building stood empty and fell into a decline; in 1951 the windmill was declared a Grade II listed building.
In later years the Friends of Broad Eye Windmill was formed to look after the mill, returning it to its former glory and creating a heritage and education centre. Around 2016, Windmill Broadcasting, a local community radio station, started broadcasting from the Broad Eye Windmill.
Photograph donated by Stafford Historical and Civic Society, who retain copyright ownership.