Alford, Five Sail Mill c.1960
Photo ref: A209026
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At the east end of the town is Alford Mill, a six-storey, five-sail mill built in 1813 by Sam Oxley, an Alford millwright. It is owned by Lincolnshire County Council and has been restored to full working order. A few windmills feature in this collection: Lincolnshire once had over seven hundred of them.

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Grinding wheels turned by wind – evocative photographs of windmills in bygone times from The Francis Frith Collection.

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