Category Archives: Old Images

Coningsby Windmill

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An early 1900s photograph of the windmill in Coningsby, Lincs.

Three archive images of the mill in Coningsby in the county of Lincolnshire in England.

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An old image of the mill in Coningsby, Lincs, as it appeared in 1910.

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The windmill on Silver Street in Coningsby, Lincolnshire, c.1911.

Coningsby Tower Mill was built in 1826 and milled for the last time around 1905. Unfortunately it was demolished in 1970.

Bremen Windmill

Bremen Mill Through Time

Bremen muehle mill

An old photograph of the mill in Bremen, Germany, c.1935.

Three images of the ‘Am Wall’ smock (Galerieholländer) mill in Wallanlagen Park, Bremen, north-west Germany.

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A late 1960s photograph of the late 19th century windmill from the grounds of the Hillmann Cafe.

The mill dates back to 1898 and is built around an eight sided base, with the upper part steered by a wind vane. The four sails of the windmill are shuttered.

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An aerial view of the Am Wall mill in Bremen. As can be seen the mill is located in the middle of a city park.

This fine example of a smock mill is now home to a restaurant and the mill itself open tourists every afternoon on payment of a small charge.

The Mill in Quainton

Quainton Windmill

Windmill Quainton

An old photographic image of the mill and the remains of an old cross in Quainton in Buckinghamshire, c.1914.

This mill is located in Quainton, near Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire. It is a 20 metre (70 ft) six-storey brick tower mill, first used in 1832. It went out of use around 1890 and in 1914 the steam engine and boiler, which had driven the millstones for the later part of its working life, were sold for scrap. However, the mill has undergone ongoing restoration since the mid 1970s and now has all the internal workings to enable it to grind wheat into flour. The mill is privately owned but open every Sunday between 10am and 1pm from March through to the beginning of October.

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The mill with children on the village green in Quainton, Bucks. This was taken in 1905.

Windmill Quainton

A photograph of the windmill prior to restoration around 1970. Notice that the cap, fantail, and sails are missing.

The Jack and Jill Mills

Jack and Jill Windmills

A picture postcard image of the Jack and Jill / Clayton Mills, c.1904.

The ‘Jack and Jill’ mills are located in Clayton about seven miles north of Brighton and Hove in Sussex, south-east England.

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An early 1920s image of Clayton Mills in Sussex.

‘Jill’ is a post mill built in Brighton and dating back to 1821. It was moved to its current site in 1852. It was last used commercially in around 1906. ‘Jill’ is in private ownership.

‘Jack’ is a five storey tower mill with a domed cap. It was built in 1866 to replace an earlier mill present on the site. The mill is believed to have last been used in 1907. ‘Jack’ has been restored, is in working order and is owned by Mid Sussex District Council.

Both ‘Jack’ and ‘Jill’ were originally corn mills.

Clayton Mills windmills

The Clayton (or Jack and Jill) Windmills in the 1930s.

The Jack and Jill windmills were featured in the 1973 film ‘The Black Windmill’, starring, Michael Caine and Donald Pleasance.