The Windmill, Werrington

Description:A postcard view of Werrington windmill which is thought to have been built around 1730, standing close to the Windmill Inn.

The brick-built mill formerly had four sails and a boat cap. It ceased to work by sail in the late 19th century and ground coal towards the end of its life. It was the headquarters of the local Home Guard during the Second World War, when it was modified and castellated. The Midlands Electricity Board took over the site in 1952.

The Windmill Inn began life as the home of the resident miller at the windmill. In 1851 a Mr Greatbach was listed in White's Directory as being both miller and innkeeper. The miller in 1880 was William Forister, and he took over the public house and turned it into one of the most popular hostelries in the area. In later years the Inn was demolished and a new Windmill Inn was built nearby on the junction of Johnstone Avenue and Ash Bank Road.

The postcard was published by William Shaw of Burslem. It was franked on 5 February 1916 in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent and sent to an address in Milton, Stoke-on-Trent