Windmill Farm, Burned Road, Shelf
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Windmill Farm, Burned Road, Shelf
Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 12 Mar 2022
There once was a windmill behind the farmhouse. A page on a local website http://www.an-englishmanshome.co.uk/a_story_about_shelf_windmill.htm says it was built in 1789, had sails of 60 feet length producing up to 36hp, and it was still extant (though disused) in the 1950s. Nothing remains of it now.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.7582
Longitude
-1.81128