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Wetton Mill

A postcard produced to sell at Wetton Mill and other stations on the Manifold Valley Light Railway which opened in 1904. The family in this image is Mr Henry Riley and his two oldest daughters Olive ...

Wetton Mill, Manifold Valley

The present mill building dates from 1711, built by the Duke of Devonshire to replace an earlier mill. In 1974 a cave shelter was excavated in the area, and flints were found from the Mesolithic period. ...

Wheaton Aston Windmill

An 18th century post mill which has now disappeared, although the brick roundhouse survived until the 1960s. The woodwork was destroyed by fire in 1922. Two of the original four sails can be seen in this ...

Wind pump and the Castle, Mow Cop

A postcard of a 'waterwheel', actually a wind powered water pump, and Mow Cop Castle. The Castle is a folly built on the highest point of the gritstone ridge which marks the border between Staffordshire ...

Wind pump, Newlands Farm, Colton

The opening of a windmill powered water pump at Newlands Farm, between Colton and Abbots Bromley.

Windmill Farm, Upper Longdon

A brick tower mill converted into a house. The windmill was built by 1810 but ceased work towards the end of the 19th century. It was converted to a house with attached mill cottage around 1900. The ...

Windmill Inn, Meir Heath

The Windmill Inn and disused windmill at Meir Heath. The windmill was in existence by 1775, and was a red brick tower with four sails, boat cap and a tailpole. It ceased work in the early 20th century. ...

Windmill Inn, Werrington

This postcard view shows the Windmill Inn close to Werrington windmill which is thought to have been built around 1730. The landlord at the time of this photograph was Frederick Dale. The inn began ...

Windmill Lane, Stafford

Watercolour painting by Great Haywood born sculptor and artist Samuel Peploe Wood (1827-1873). View down Windmill Lane, looking towards Broad Eye Windmill.

Windmill, Bognop Road, Essington

Looking south east along Bognop Road towards the ruined windmill at Essington All that remains today is the base and central post. It believed to have been built by Henry Vernon family in 1681. It ...

Windmill, Burton upon Trent

A lantern slide of a drawing of a windmill in Burton, erected in 1811, rebuilt around 1849 and demolished in 1891. It was worked for much of its life by Mr. C.G. Read. It stood to the west of the site ...

Windmill, Castlecroft, near Wolverhampton

Tower mill on Windmill Lane, Castlecroft, built by John Chamberlin in 1720, ceased working in the 1880s and converted into a house by 1905. The Grade ll listed building was partially destroyed by a gas ...

Windmill, Codsall

The windmill was probably built in the 18th century. It had four common sails, a boat cap, a weather vane and a long tailpole. It had ceased work by the mid-1880s. The mill was converted into a dwelling ...

Windmill, Enville Common

Built in about 1800-1801, this windmill stands at Philley Brook on Enville Common and worked until around 1870. It had four sails, a boat cap, a fantail and two pairs of stones. The cap survived until ...

Windmill, Liverpool

Pencil drawing of windmill, with goats or sheep bottom right, by Great Haywood born artist, Thomas Peploe Wood (1817-1845)

Windmill, Meir Heath

Black and white illustration of a painting of Meir Heath windmill by J.A. Myatt 1904. The windmill was in existence by 1775, and was a red brick tower with four sails, boat cap and a tailpole. It ceased ...

Windpump, Needwood

The vane for this windpump reads 'T.S. Coleman and Son, Artesian Well Engineers'. The exposed open fields on the relatively high land of Needwood Forest made windpowered water-drawing very effective. ...

Wodehouse Mill, near Wombourne

A view of the three-storey farmhouse at Wodehouse Mill, with the mill building adjoining to the left. This early 19th century mill stands on the Wom Brook on the estate of The Wodehouse, a Jacobean ...