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Loosley Hill, Loosley Row
Image: © David Howard
Taken: 27 Sep 2022
0.12 miles
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Farm buildings at Loosley Row
Taken looking East from a footpath
Image: © David Hawgood
Taken: 12 Aug 2005
0.17 miles
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Stile/signpost/advertising hoarding in Loosley Row
Located at the junction of Foundry Lane with Lower Road and Little Lane, this metal stile gives directions to two pubs and the forge, tells you where the footpath leads to and provides a compass. The small step gives the directions to the post office, which is no more, and the nearest phone box. I guess it was made by Gommes Forge. The embossed writing provides some grip as well.
Image: © Andrew Smith
Taken: 2 Apr 2006
0.18 miles
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An ornate bus shelter
Inscription on the roof reads - Golden Jubilee 1952-2002
Image: © Peter Jemmett
Taken: 14 Oct 2007
0.19 miles
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Little Lane, Loosley Row
Image: © David Howard
Taken: 27 Sep 2022
0.23 miles
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Loosley Hill, Loosley Row
Taken on the border with Lacey Green at the point where Main Road cuts across Loosley Hill and Pink Road. The high ground in the distance is Bledlow Ridge.
Image: © David Kemp
Taken: 6 Oct 2022
0.23 miles
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Golden Jubilee Bus Shelter
Golden Jubilee 1952 - 2002, says the notice.
People set up stones or plant trees for these sort of things, but a bus shelter is a lot more useful.
Image: © Des Blenkinsopp
Taken: 7 Apr 2015
0.24 miles
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The Whip Inn, Loosey Row
Image: © Ian S
Taken: 12 Feb 2012
0.24 miles
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'The Whip Inn', Lacey Green
Taken on the border with Loosley Row at the point where Main Road (foreground) cuts across Pink Road (left) and Loosley Hill (out of view).
Image: © David Kemp
Taken: 6 Oct 2022
0.24 miles
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Information Board near Lacey Green Windmill
This information board has been provided by the Chiltern Society and is by the crossroads between Lacey Green and Loosley Row, the postcode being HP27 0PG. It has the following wording:
Visit & enjoy Lacey Green Windmill
Left Column
Lacey Green Windmill is the oldest surviving Smock Mill in England. Its
important and unique wooden machinery dates from around 1650.
Windmills and Watermills were the first real machines, harnessing natural
power for the vital role of milling cereal crops into food products for
people and livestock. A local grist mill was crucial to all communities
before goods became easier to transport around the country during the
Victorian era.
By 1970 the mill was close to collapse; it took more than 15 years for
volunteers from the Chiltern Society to complete its restoration and it is
now open to the public.
Awards
In 1986 the windmill received the annual Malcolm Dean Design Award from
Wycombe District Council. In 2013 the windmill was awarded the 86th
Engineering Heritage Award by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
Top columns
Until 1915 the mill was in use taking advantage of its high position on the
Chiltern escarpment to mill various cereal products. When it stopped being
used, the substantial timber machinery had been in use for around 250
years.
In 1935 the mill was given some repairs to keep it watertight and upright
to preserve its historic machinery.
By the end of the 1960s, the mill was in very bad condition, and members of
the Chiltern Society decided it should be restored.
Between 1971 and 1986, many volunteers achieved the seemingly impossible
project to restore the windmill back to working order.
Middle area
Photo of 'The mill today'
Middle Right column
Photos of The interior from top to bottom
Cap
Bin floor
Stone floor
Meal floor
Far Right column
The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping
horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is
topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind.
This type of windmill got its name from its resemblance to smocks worn by
farmers in an earlier period.
Visiting the windmill
The windmill is open from 2pm to 5pm on Sundays and Bank Holidays from the
beginning of May until the end of September.
We will sometimes get the sails turning, usually on the Sunday of National
Mills Weekend in May each year. However, we do not operate the machinery
inside the windmill, as putting 350 year old wooden machinery under load
could do irrepairable damage.
Image: © David Hillas
Taken: 10 Dec 2020
0.25 miles