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Marsh Mill
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Marsh Mill
Origin
Mill location Thornton, Lancashire
Grid reference SD 335 426
Coordinates 53°52′30″N3°00′43″W / 53.8749°N 3.0120°W / 53.8749; -3.0120
Year built1794
Information
Purpose Corn mill
Type Tower mill
StoreysFive
No. of sailsFour
Type of sails Patent sails
Windshaft Cast iron
Winding Fantail
Fantail bladesEight
No. of pairs of millstonesFour

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Footnotes
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  2. Rennison, pp. 216–17
  3. Fields, pp. 150–51
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Marsh Mill — A Brief History — Introduction", wyrebc.gov.uk, Wyre Borough Council, archived from the original on 22 July 2011, retrieved 17 June 2011
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Hartwell & Pevsner, pp. 667–68
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Bilsborough, p. 48
  7. Ashmore, p. 225
  8. "Listed Buildings", National Heritage List for England, English Heritage, archived from the original on 26 January 2013, retrieved 13 June 2011
  9. Brown, p. 118
  10. "Marsh Mill — Introduction", wyrebc.gov.uk, Wyre Borough Council, archived from the original on 22 July 2011, retrieved 17 June 2011
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