Gleaston Water Mill
| Gleaston Water Mill | |
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Lancashire | |
|---|---|
 Gleaston Water Mill | |
| Type: | Water mill |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SD260709 |
| Location: | 54°7’43"N, 3°8’1"W |
| Village: | Gleaston |
| History | |
| Built 1774 | |
| Water mill | |
| Information | |
| Website: | www.watermill.co.uk |
Gleaston Water Mill stands just north of Gleaston village is Gleaston Water Mill.
The mill was built in 1774 on the site of an earlier mill, and its water wheel and milling machinery are still in working order. In its day, it ground oats for farmers throughout Furness.
In 1805 it was written:
winding along a narrow vale, and crossing a murmuring stream, which gives motion to a mill for grinding corn, a little to the north-east of the village, it conducts the traveller to a distinct view of the mouldering ruins of Gleaston Castle[1]
Today, Gleaston Water Mill is not operating commercially. It is privately owned and was restored in the early 1990s and preserved for posterity. It serves as a tourist attraction, showing what a working mill was like in a small village amidst the early Lancastrian industrial revolution. The mill contains exhibitions, a shop and a restaurant.
Outside links
Pigs Whisper country store
References
- ↑ West, Thomas: ‘The Antiquities of Furness’ (2nd edition, 1805)