Marsh Mill | ||||||||||
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Mill location | Thornton, Lancashire | |||||||||
Grid reference | SD 335 426 | |||||||||
Coordinates | 53°52′30″N 3°00′43″W / 53.8749°N 3.0120°W | |||||||||
Year built | 1794 | |||||||||
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Purpose | Corn mill | |||||||||
Type | Tower mill | |||||||||
Storeys | Five | |||||||||
No. of sails | Four | |||||||||
Type of sails | Patent sails | |||||||||
Windshaft | Cast iron | |||||||||
Winding | Fantail | |||||||||
Fantail blades | Eight | |||||||||
No. of pairs of millstones | Four | |||||||||
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Marsh Mill is an 18th-century tower windmill in Thornton, Lancashire, England. It was built in 1794 by Ralph Slater for local landowner Bold Hesketh. It functioned as a corn mill until the 1920s and has been fully restored. It is a good example of a complete English windmill and has been designated a Grade II* listed building.[1]