Ralph Slater (1754–1830)[1] was an English millwright, active in the second half of the 18th century and early 19th, ostensibly known for his windmills on the Fylde in Lancashire, England.[2][3] One of them, Marsh Mill, is a Grade II* listed building.[4]
Ralph Slater | |
|---|---|
 Marsh Mill, built by Slater in 1794 | |
| Born | 1754 |
| Died | 1830 (aged 75–76) |
| Nationality | British |
| Known for | Lancashire windmills |
Personal life
editSlater was born in 1754 in Barton, Preston. He married Margery Speakman (1742–1814)[1] on 25 April 1775.[5] They had four children together and lived in Pilling.[1][5]
He died in 1830, aged 75 or 76.[1]
Selected works
edit- Marsh Mill, Thornton (1794)[6]
- Damside Windmill, Pilling (1808)[7]
- Clifton Mill, Clifton
References
edit- Footnotes
- ^ a b c d Register: Burials 1813 - 1887, Page 167, Entry 1332 Source: LDS Film 1470949
- ^ Rennison, pp. 216–17
- ^ Fields, pp. 150–51
- ^ "Listed Buildings", National Heritage List for England, English Heritage, retrieved 13 June 2011
- ^ a b Lancashire's Architectural Heritage: An Anthology of Fine Buildings, John Champness (1989), p. 83 ISBN 9780902228719
- ^ "Meet the miller" – BBC Lancashire, 14 June 2007
- ^ The industrial archaeology of north-west England, Owen Ashmore (1982), p. 216 ISBN 9780719008207
- Sources
- Fields, Kenneth (1998), Lancashire Magic & Mystery: Secrets of the Red Rose County, Sigma, ISBN 1-85058-606-3
- Rennison, Robert William (1996), Civil Engineering Heritage: Northern England, Thomas Telford, ISBN 0-7277-2518-1
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