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with the typical white onion-shaped cap with

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, built in 1867 to be used to grind flour from grain. Located on a

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at the eponymous village in

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south of

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it is one of the many tall brick-

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with stage, now disused. The mill was equipped with a complete iron gear, six Sutton patent sails which drove her four pairs of millstones, and a mill house nearby, but was never prosperous. She later lost up to four of her sails, which were not replaced. The remaining sails were juggled around for balance. Having started with 6 sails, she later ran with four, then two, and finally with three, finishing her sixty years of work around 1930. Until 1942, the mill could be viewed with its unique three sails design. In the following years the remaining sails went, and after 1961 cap and

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followed. The tar coating is now wearing off the tower, giving a free view of the unusual banding in her

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of 205 courses. Remains of the iron stage can still be found on the mill on the second floor (third floor all in all), but in a bad condition because of the damage done by sail crashes. There is no public right of access to the mill, so any remains of machinery inside the mill can't be examined.

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Photograph of the mill
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