ll: in overn quurll-r of :1 ‘ ulury ago
O judg. since its sails revo_lved me y in the

ALD. SATURDAY. MARCH 25th: 1983.

Mill d€n~olt‘sLe=€.
Y Mm Kenliah Wina'milIs—-N. 7. ‘E Neal . 22;“ 061’. 95%

lsomey SPECTACLE OF
 BRIDGE MILL

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ahira. Four-square in the winds-ones. ,
o reprixaenfnfiive symbol, a minifinre draw-
Sweeps Gone, Fantail rm:m...1...m. .
_ A map prnpnred by Pill]: S_ 1?(son, o!
n Ror:lIc=,f-r, in 1.:396.1sllu> eariin. . entish
.c’ U‘ H hlisslng map on winch winllnnlls are rlrawfl (3
' - rcprin: of Win map has now hr-en issrxcd
lay (hr: I)nlu.v.nro .'~'nI-\-hf,’ (_)fl;‘!:('\4
' lmilla sl mm Im this map
: of post

zmmh A  4; -9 ll , (hr WI‘l’HVlv rrl‘v\(‘.lILI u-llinlx re-

\'nl‘.-n-cl rum“! :1 xmun :1:-ntrn, post; where-

 

  
    
 

        

   

W“ Windmills in Old Maps
; you .:_
order (By A. W. Tlflln)

. "The village of Bridge, near (‘nntcrblIl',\'.
ntill posses.-L-K one or’ our Keutish smock
lawn, mills. Alas! II. is derelict ta-dny and
sign. but a shadow nf its former Ielf.'ns Hie
tnue. plmloxrnphs indicuie.

breeze, for it was Inst worked by wind
that power in 1907, it {hen being mod hr
.7: of Mr. William Mnnwaring. who lmd held
-5-mg it far about seven years.

.55-. M)‘. Manwarinx in tqiklny llre prnnd
"at owner of Wille.-ahor gh Mill .-rue of the
few remaining win‘ iirfi‘ “m .
5,”. «~.-nrgly, which u-nu lie-crrbevl in the iguan-
firm of (he “ l-‘all.-:_-.-«inn:-. lI4‘l‘alll " dateul
“Se, .l:mna'ry 28th.

Bridge Mill is rnther smaller than llm
nrerage type of smack mil}. but in days
gone by its two pairs of mill-stones were
fully o<*«'up':ed in grinding corn for thn
neighbouring farmer; and in making
flour for blend.

THE DUSTY MILLER

In the early half of the ninclecntlz
century Tlmrnal Jollunon was the miller
ta: liliridge, fun: loenl histolry haa icfthat The Mill to-day.

e gureo t is (lnsly mi er wasn Ami. . _ . ., h» , . '
linr sight in the village. for his practice “" "'“'l“_";‘5| ll:}‘_°wJ;;(;d;’::“.Jc‘:‘:°nh$,?%,x},
was to deliver flour to his customers per. 5i"'“"_’1'°”'le‘ “.L;‘(. ,_ info tum-',;..ut dime.
sonally, his method of transport hclng the :i"Ol:‘° ,Z‘°r";‘l'w swmol ’ "
back of B donkey. One resumes, of ' ‘ .. " . .
couru, that he landed the ptlnnkry with H,°l“"'m..1",?.G.n"fl 
ihe sacks of flour and he himself led the 0"“‘"‘"°" N" N ‘I?’  )~nh_n,_§'fiug and
unimnl through the village. the” ‘"9 “ mil“ er ' '

. _ “mm-, um mnp,., for the most mitt drawn

What In contrast to the modern speed} q_. I ‘ _ wd Bk-H “mt show flu
transport of flonr by main: lorry! “ll' '“,"°" ""9 ‘ ' . ’ ', 5 ; - -

- ~ ‘ ~ wmdmxll.-z. Manv nf J12 Inbllc L.hr:mes .=

Br-ldzo Mill is evidently well over a 1 f 1 ' ‘iv MVP u mug-,.¢i°“
cantnry old. for it is shown on an l'lrrl- ”"°"g‘""  ::m,'m'be‘_D“5n1md in U", ._
nnnce Survey map (lnled 111.19. and it "I "“f'l' m"Tl;‘ l‘ P" L '—
may then have been Atmnling fnr soror "°f”"“” swggps Mlsslhm 1
years.

. THE“ HEVDAY . The tower of llriclge .\lill is ruverezl with
Hill‘. It van doubtless built at .1 time when larx-ed slreetinx. It therefore has n somhrc
“'7 wimlmillx in Kent hnd, reached the peak aspect and in not 3! Pl¢ll“'05Cl“E "5 90"” A

“'9 of their utility nnd popularity, for :1 large of our old tlerelictth 1°C’
, number were erected throughout the It is. in fact. mtlmr_a sorry spectacle, inc
‘"83 countv hetween 1800 and 1820—mure, in with two weeps miwmlz Md Onl.“ ll“! *1“
ML (net. Eluring that score of years Hum were midlings remaining of the other two. nt l
591'‘ built in am like period in the whole of The stag’ show“ in We first Plchlffi the
‘d? Kentish hislnry. as far no records can be lift! now \':\ni&l\etl entirely. and “*9 “W L:
-vet tracer]. ml has also disal3l!"‘-“’°‘l_~ Tue Ind! of am
If in an inlorestinw sludv to examine the mill. however. 1'6 fGlFl}{_5‘}\lI}¢[~ 511:1 dzu: