Wisbech, Leach's Mill 1929
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Formerly one of the few eight-sailed windmills in the country, the tower is all that remains of the complex of granaries, bakery and mill house. One of the sails from this impressive structure was blown off and landed in the park during Windy Sunday, 24 March 1895, two years later the rest of the sails were removed. The Leach family worked the mill from 1891 until 1965. The tower has been reduced in height for safety reasons and converted into a house.
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