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WHICH IT WAS BORROWED  \n\n|  | pe  \u003Cbr>SO M   |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| AUTHOR  \u003Cbr>VS  \u003Cbr>m   |  | CLASS  \u003Cbr>D7乙   |  |\n| TITLE  \u003Cbr>t  \u003Cbr>h M  \u003Cbr>O  \u003Cbr>人  \u003Cbr>Oo  \u003Cbr>c  \u003Cbr>hoSi十agQ:Q   |  |  |  |\n| Lancashire  \u003Cbr>County  \u003Cbr>Council  \u003Cbr>THE LANCASHIRE LIBRARY.  \u003Cbr>Library Headquarters  \u003Cbr>143,Corporation St,  \u003Cbr>PRESTON PRI 2TB   | a30118049293255b   |  |  |\n\nhttps://archive.org/details/ourwindmillherit0000unse  \n# T HE STOR Y OFLY THAM WINDM ILL\n\nbyMARILYN ADAMS  \nF ○ R E W ○ R D  \nMills are the first examples of machines large enough to work in and  \nMillwrights were the first engineers.Our engineering history sprang from millingour daily bread by power other than our own muscle and milling was an actlearned by experience.  \nThe windmiller had to know and read the wind to obtain the best results -be itoatmeal,flour or grist for animal feed,without risking the mill to thedestructiveness of the elements.  \nThe windmill was a graceful combination of skill and engineering which attractedmany an artist and other curious visitors to its doors;it also held an importantposition in the community only rivalled by the village well or pump.  \nToday with this concise guide we celebrate the happy combination of localauthority -the Fylde Borough Council,co-operating with an able and history-conscious group of residents -the Lytham Heritage Group,to conserve their localwindmill and open it to the public.  \nThe mill has resumed its focal point in the community -the 'Mill on the Green'has been a symbol of Lytham since it became a popular residential resort and nowit is also a centre to exhibit that combination of science,art and history to forge arenewed community spirit and pride in its heritage to pass on to those that comeafter us.  \nThe North West Mills Group is proud to be counted as one of the number offriends of the mill to have brought about this regeneration.  \nDON PATERSON  \nFORMER CHAIRMAN(1981-1988)AND EDITOR(1981-1990)NORTH WEST MILLS GROUP.  \n49293255  \n9  \nD4  \nLYTHAMWINDMILL  \nEarly man ground grain into flour by the use of hand-stones or \"querns\",these were later followed by theslave or cattle mills each working on the principle ofmilling grain by crushing it between two stones.Overtwo thousand years ago the idea of using water powerresulted in a primitive water-mill.Known as the Greekor Norse Mill it consisted of a horizontal water wheelwhich directly drove the stones from below.  \nIn 15 B.C.the Roman General Vitruviusdescribes a new water mill,the \"Roman\"or\"Vitruvian\"mill,which had a vertical wheel anddrove a pair of stones by the use of gears.Thismill was the forerunner of the traditional water-mill which was to remain in use until the presentcentury.  \nThe Domesday Book of 1086 records 5,624 such water mills in England.  \nThe Windmill made its first  \nappearance in Britain in the twelfthcentury in the form of a \"peg\"or\"post\"mill.The construction ofthese mills was such that the wholebody of the mill,machinery and upto three pairs of stones,could berotated on a central wooden post inorder that the sails could face intothe eye of the wind.A long \"tailpole\"fixed to the back was used toturn the mill in the requireddirection.  \nIncrease in population and the demand for higherproductivity in the 16th &17th century led to thedevelopment of the Smock and Tower mills.Theselarge mills were similar in construction -the Towermillbeing built of brick and stone whilst the Smockmill had timbe sides and was so named because itresembled the garments worn by country folk.  \nThe supreme advantage of these mills lay in the factthat the body of the mill was fixed and only the capand sails rotated.This meant that they could containa multiple of stones,usually 4-6 pairs,and producemeal and flour in greater quantities.  \nLytham Mill is a typical example of a Fylde Tower Mill,being wide in 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