North Leverton Mill

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North Leverton Mill

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MACE is the strategic lead organisation for screen heritage for the East and West Midlands regions. An independent charity based at University of Lincoln, MACE preserves and makes accessible a collection of more than 100,000 historic moving images representative of the diverse cultures and histories of communities throughout the heart of England from the Lincolnshire coast to the Welsh border.

North Leverton Mill

Media Archive for Central England
North Leverton with Habblesthorpe
1960-01-01
Sound
11m

The only windmill in England to have seen continuous service. North Leverton's mill is a survivor from 1813.

Produced by the nearby Eaton Hall College of Education at Retford this film about North Leverton's historic windmill shows how it is no museum piece preserved in aspic but a vital working part of the local farming community, grinding barley for animal feed. To viewers of a certain age the commentary ("Perhaps you'll come and see it one day."), which is aimed at a young audience, coupled with the relaxed atmosphere brings back memories of Camberwick Green's Windy Miller.

North Leverton Mill remains in the ownership of the descendants of the farmers who had it built in 1813. Still turning and still working after more than 200 years.

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