Damside Windmill (locally also known as Pilling Windmill and The Old Mill) is a tower windmill style structure in the English village of Pilling, Lancashire.[1] It was built in 1808 by Ralph Slater, a builder of similar structures in the area, such as Marsh Mill. An earlier mill was marked here on Yates’s 1786 map of Lancashire.[2]
The mill was converted to steam power in 1870,[2] and the sails were removed in 1887. It continued to operate into the 1920s,[2] after which it fell into disrepair. By 1975, the mill had been restored for use as a private residence. The top of the windmill was restored with a traditional wooden cap in 2007, which restored it to its original height of 73 feet (22 m).[3]
Inventor Richard Gornall worked out of a barn attached to the mill in the late 19th century.[4]
See also
References
- ^ “Keeping the mills of old Lancashire turning” – Blackpool Gazette, 11 October, 2018
- ^ a b c The industrial archaeology of north-west England, Owen Ashmore (1982), p. 216 ISBN 9780719008207
- ^ A Short History of Pilling Windmill : 1808–2007 Archived 25 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine accessed 16 October 2011
- ^ “Lancashire’s family of madcap inventors” – Lancashire Post, 19 May, 2017
Bibliography
- Clarke, Allen (1916). Windmill Land. London: J M Dent & Sons. ISBN 9780946571086.
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External links
- Damside, Pilling, Lancashire – Windmill World
- DEC 2016 – DAMSIDE WINDMILL, LANCASHIRE – Unique Property Bulletin (interior pictures)
