Lower Slaughter, The Mill And Pond c.1955
Photo ref: L313008
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A water mill has stood here since Norman times, but this red brick corn mill dates from the early 1800s. The water wheel appears to be in good order, and the fine brick stack displays stone drip courses. Keeping the water off the stonework has been of much concern to local architects in this damp environment. The long, low 17th-century house, right, has fine stone-mullioned and drip- headed windows. The sign on the dry stone wall reads 'cycles for hire', which would be the perfect transport for a place like this.

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A Selection of Memories from Lower Slaughter

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Lower Slaughter

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I lived in lovely Lower Slaughter in 1991 along with my children's father.  How we came to live in such a beautiful place was pure luck.  We had applied for jobs in nearby Adlestrop and with the jobs came accomodation, Manor Farm Cotts.  I remember an open top mock vintage bus driving through in the summertime, usually american tourists waved on the top deck, it felt surreal.  My favourite time of day was early ...see more
My husbands Aunt, Cicely Minnie Day, was the post mistress at the Post Office in Lower Slaughter when it was situated in the house on the far right of this photo. The sign above the door denoting this fact. When she died in 1954 the post office was moved to another house in the village. As a child my husband spent happy holidays in this house when his Mother and Father visited his family there.