Alford windmill, Lincolnshire 🌍

Alford #2055

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Tower mill function:Corn mill - 5 sails, working

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Lincolnshire Life magazine cover showing Alford windmill, issue July 1968
Hugh D Martineau

Lincolnshire Life magazine cover showing a snowy scene at Alford windmill, issue January 1981
Lincolnshire Life magazine

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Entry in Mills Archive database - #2055 - Hoyle's Five Sailed Mill, Alford (has photos)

Entry in Lincolnshire Windmills by Peter Dolman.

Muggeridge Collection photos

538618 - Alford, Hoyle'S Mill, 5 Sailer, Rear, Lincs.

[Old Mill Photos]

Alford Windmill - exterior view [2012-10-07]

Alford Windmill - hurst frame [2012-10-07]

Alford Windmill - flour dresser [2012-10-07]

Alford Windmill - tentering gear [2012-10-07]

Alford Windmill - governor [2012-10-07] - HD

Alford Windmill - sails [2012-10-07]

Alford Windmill - spur wheel [2012-10-07]

Alford Windmill - stone floor [2012-10-07]

Alford Windmill - stone floor [2012-10-07]

Alford Windmill - crown wheel [2012-10-07]

Alford Windmill - fantail cap mechanism [2012-10-07]

Alford Windmill - brake wheel [2012-10-07]

Alford Windmill - Wallower [2012-10-07]

Alford windmill: aerial [2012-08-11]

Alford Windmill and surrounding buildings [2012-02-19] - HD

The Five sails of Alford Windmill [2012-02-19] - HD

Alford Windmill [2012-02-19] - HD

Alford Windmill [2011-09-27]

Alford Windmill [2009-01-02]

The five-sailed windmill, Alford [2008-09-11]

Dusky Miller [2008-02-09]

Alford Mill (again) [1996-06-30]

Alford Windmill [2003-03-17]

Dave Hitchborne

Alford Mill [2002-10-00]

Dennis Wetherley

(24) Geograph images are licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike licence

Listed Building, Grade I: WINDMILL (listed 1953-05-20)

Listed Building, Grade II: PIGSTIES AND ENGINE SHED AT ALFORD MILL (listed 1986-06-30)

Listed Building, Grade II: SAIL STORE AND OUTBUILDINGS AT ALFORD MILL (listed 1986-06-30)

Associated charity THE ALFORD WINDMILL TRUST CIO Website

Alford,the Mill c1955,Lincolnshire

Alford, the Mill c1955
Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection

Alford,Five Sail Mill c1955,Lincolnshire

Alford, Five Sail Mill c1955
Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection

Alford,the Mill c1955,Lincolnshire

Alford, the Mill c1955
Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection

Member of the Traditional Corn Millers Guild

Photography guide at Photographers Resource: Alford Windmill (Pages dated 2008, so information may be out of date.)
BBC news item: 'No hope' for windmill as volunteer group disbands (Alford) 2025
BBC news item: Councils 'still committed' to restoring windmill (Alford) 2025
BBC news item: Volunteers 'devastated' as windmill funding pulled (Alford) 2024
BBC news item: Windmill and manor house improvements approved (Alford) 2024
BBC news item: Extra £1.2m to be spent on windmill restoration (Alford) 2024
Britain Express article: Alford Five Sailed Windmill

Wikipedia entry

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3d drawings by John Brandwick

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A view from the south-west of Alford Mill, with the Mill Offices and outbuildings in front

Alford Mill, Alford, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire

1976 - Photograph (35mm Slide)

Alford Mill seen from the north-east

Alford Mill, Alford, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire

1986 - Photograph (35mm Slide)

Hoyle's Mill, Adjoining No 32 / Windmill

Hoyle's Mill, Adjoining No 32, East Street, Alford, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, LN13 9EQ

2 Jun 2002 - Photograph (Digital)

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