This was one other vacationer attraction that I might by no means visited regardless of residing in Suffolk for 68 years and going to Woodbridge tons of of instances. So it comes underneath the label of “A Vacationer in East Anglia” which was one thing began earlier than Covid struck.
Because it was Nationwide Mills Weekend I used to be anticipating some additional issues occurring and the water wheel turning – but it surely appeared to be only a regular Saturday opening.
So I went spherical studying all of the indicators and taking some images and considering what a disgrace that they did not have as a lot happening final years Mill’s Weekend after I went to Pakenham Water Mill.
There’s been a mill on this website since not less than 1170 – there are information going again that far as a result of the mill as soon as belonged to The Augustine Priors of Butley Abbey.
It handed by means of many fingers and completed being a business mill in 1957. Lastly the Woodbridge Tide Mill Belief was fashioned and took on the restoration and operating of it in 1977.
The Mill is beside the River Deben which is tidal so the water wanted to show the wheel is saved within the mill pond when the tide is excessive and held by a sluice gate.
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| The Mill Pond as it’s right this moment |
The water wheel is big and this one dates from 1970
Up above is the mill flooring with the grinding stones.
I at all times like it when somebody has made a mannequin of no matter it’s I am visiting – a bit like getting an aerial view
In keeping with one web page of data there are solely two working tide mills left within the nation. In 1938 there have been ten nonetheless working. I googled to search out out the place the opposite working mill is and located THIS from 2015.
Again Tomorrow
Sue
