Cheddleton Flint Mill is a water mill situated in the village of Cheddleton in the English county of Staffordshire. The mill race takes water from the river Churnet. The site is believed to have been used for milling since the Middle Ages. However, the present structures mainly date from the period of the Industrial Revolution, although there is evidence of some earlier work surviving.
There are actually two mills: one is a late 18th century structure which was purpose-built to grind flint for use in the pottery industry,[1] and the other was converted to the same purpose from use as a corn-mill.[2] The mill complex includes a miller's cottage, two flint kilns, a drying kiln and outbuildings, and is adjacent to the Caldon Canal.
Conservation
editThe complex was listed grade II* in 1986 (the buildings being separately listed).[2] It is now maintained and operated by the Cheddleton Flint Mill Industrial Heritage Trust,[3] a registered charity under English law.[4]
See also
editReferences
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- ^ "North Mill to Cheddleton Flint Mill". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
- ^ a b "South Mill to Cheddleton Flint Mill". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
- ^ "Cheddleton Flint Mill Industrial Heritage Trust". Cheddleton Flint Mill Industrial Heritage Trust. Retrieved 2 August 2006.
- ^ "Cheddleton Flint Mill Industrial Heritage Trust, registered charity no. 254196". Charity Commission for England and Wales.