Bishop Sutton Mill

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Bishop Sutton Mill by Neil Owen as part of the Geograph project.

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Bishop Sutton Mill

Image: © Neil Owen Taken: 17 Mar 2016

Once this impressive mill was the main grinding mill for flour in Bishop Sutton. It appears to have been built after the main Sutton Top Pit coal mine was sunk and subsequently closed right behind it. By the late nineteenth century it was powered by a steam engine, but there is little evidence that it was an older mill or had used other forms of power. By the outbreak of WWII it had fallen from flour production and in the post-war period had become pretty derelict. It was extensively renovated and converted into flats. Outside, a bus shelter and notice board were built, bearing the Silver Jubilee mark.

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Image Location

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Latitude
51.335422
Longitude
-2.59423