Damside Windmill (also known as Pilling Windmill and The Old Mill) is a
tower
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windmill
A windmill is a structure that converts wind power into rotational energy using vanes called windmill sail, sails or blades, specifically to mill (grinding), mill grain (gristmills), but the term is also extended to windpumps, wind turbines, and ...
in the English village of
Pilling
Pilling is a village and civil parish within the Borough of Wyre, Wyre borough of Lancashire, England. It is north-northeast of Poulton-le-Fylde, south-southwest of Lancaster, Lancashire, Lancaster and northwest of Preston, Lancashire, Pr ...
,
Lancashire
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The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...
. It was built in 1808 by
Ralph Slater, builder of similar structures in the area, such as
Marsh Mill
Marsh Mill is an 18th-century tower windmill in Thornton, Lancashire, England. It was built in 1794 by Ralph Slater for local landowner Bold Hesketh. It functioned as a corn mill until the 1920s and has been fully restored. It is a good example ...
. An earlier mill was marked here on Yates's 1786 map of Lancashire.
[''The industrial archaeology of north-west England'', Owen Ashmore (1982), p. 216 ]
The mill converted to steam power in 1870,
[ and the sails were removed in 1887. It continued to operate until the 1920s,][ 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, restoring it to its original height of .][A Short History of Pilling Windmill : 1808–2007]
accessed 16 October 2011
Inventor Richard Gornall worked out of a barn attached to the mill in the late 19th century."Lancashire's family of madcap inventors"
– ''Lancashire Post
The ''Lancashire Evening Post'' is a daily newspaper based in Fulwood, a suburb of the city of Preston, Lancashire, England. According to the British Library
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'', 19 May, 2017
See also
*List of windmills in Lancashire
A list of windmills in Lancashire, including those now within Greater Manchester and Merseyside.
Locations
A – C
F – K
L
M – P
R – W
Notes
Mills in bold text are still standing. Known building dates are also indicated in bold ...
References
Bibliography
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External links
Damside, Pilling, Lancashire
– Windmill World
DEC 2016 – DAMSIDE WINDMILL, LANCASHIRE
– Unique Property Bulletin (interior pictures)
Buildings and structures in the Borough of Wyre
Windmills in Lancashire
The Fylde
Tower mills in the United Kingdom
Windmills completed in 1808
1808 establishments in England
Pilling
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