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This is on part of the Ouse Valley Way walk shortly after it passes a few hundred metres north east of the windmill at Stevington.
©sian harrison
The ex Bedford to Northampton line crosses here, this is a footpath. The bricks are the former pig style for Skylark cottage which is a burnt out shell.
©Ashley Dace
Bedford to Northampton line closed in the mid 1960s under Beeching cuts.
©Ashley Dace
Dist:0.1km<br/>Where a bridleway crosses the dismantled railway
©Oliver White
Dist:0.1km<br/>Bedford to Northampton line closed in the mid 1960s under Beeching cuts.
©Ashley Dace
Dist:0.4km<br/>The crown and central pivot post can be seen here as can the grain bin. The governor is to the left.
©Ashley Dace
Dist:0.4km<br/>P Keech restored the mill in 1921, the build date of 1770 can also be seen.
©Ashley Dace
Dist:0.4km<br/>The postmill on an an otherwise overcast cloudy day. This year the farm hasn't planted oil seed rape.
©Ashley Dace
Dist:0.4km<br/>Governor and tentering beam. The tentering gear can be seen, a later 19th C addition. The simple setup can be seen with the stone above running a belt to the governor. The balls swing out via centrifugal inertia moving the steel yard up or down. Via a pivot this adjusts the tentering arm and thus the distance between the stones, maintaining quality.
©Ashley Dace
Dist:0.4km<br/>Just the one pair for grinding animal feed on Derbyshire grits.
©Ashley Dace
Dist:0.4km<br/>The windshaft runs the vital sack hoist which in turn engased via a handle and rope.
©Ashley Dace
Dist:0.4km<br/>This is it! Basically the brakewheel straight onto a stone nut and one pair of Derbyshire grits. The massive windshaft is obviously from one big tree trunk.
©Ashley Dace
Dist:0.4km<br/>The four common sails are not very common these days as they required alot of work. Its very dated technology compared to patent sails.
©Ashley Dace
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©Ashley Dace
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©Oliver White

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