I thought you might be interested in some recently taken photos of a large watermill in Stamford Bridge, East Yorkshire.

It was a working mill when "I were a lad" and had been in the same family since the mid 18th century.  My brother and I  were regular Saturday visitors helping with various non-skilled work to earn some pocket-money.   When the last of the family owners died, it was converted into a public house and then into the present luxury appartments.

It was a substantial mill:




The following close-up shots show some interesting "weathering" around the various tie-bars:









The tail race.  Both wheels are still in situ and the one on the right is still working.  For the failry short period the mill was a pub, they generated some electricity for a few lights from the wheel.  It was a strange feeling standing on heavy glass panels over the revolving wheel !!!

Some very nice detail among those pictures Peter. Great.

You have no idea how useful this will be to yours truly, colours, details etc…Thanks for posting.

Grateful Doofer

I remember going to the pub in 1977 on a visit to England.