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Tyle Mill is a mill on the
Tyle Mill is a mill on the River Kennet
The Kennet is a tributary of the River Thames in Southern England. Most of the river is straddled by the North Wessex Downs AONB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty). The lower reaches have been made navigable as the Kennet Navigation, which â ...
near Sulhamstead
Sulhamstead is a village and civil parish in West Berkshire, England. It occupies an approximate rectangle of land south of the (Old) Bath Road ( A4) between Reading, its nearest town and Thatcham. It has several small clusters of homes and wo ...
, Berkshire
Berkshire ( ; in the 17th century sometimes spelt phonetically as Barkeshire; abbreviated Berks.) is a historic county in South East England. One of the home counties, Berkshire was recognised by Queen Elizabeth II as the Royal County of Berk ...
, England. The mill originally produced flour; a fire in 1914 burned down the buildings and the rebuilt mill became a sawmill.
In 1936 it was acquired by George Clemens Usher, director of Abedare Cables of South Africa Limited, and became a private house which was owned by him for decades."Aberdare Cables Of South Africa Limited." ''The Times'' (London, England) 28 November 1946: p.9., Retrieved 11 October 2014.
Tyle Mill Lock on the Kennet Navigation is near the mill.
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Flour mills in the United Kingdom Sulhamstead Houses in Berkshire {{Berkshire-struct-stub