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 Watermills & Windmills

Model  Windmills, Watermills & related  models  made by  Vic Newey,  Worcestershire, England,
 This website will show a set of 20  scale model watermills & windmills and related models,  all of which are on permanent display at  Bishops Lydeard Mill & Museum in Somerset. It has been painstakingly and precisely restored by the Back Family over many years. The Mill and the attached Mill House have been cited as places of historical interest and given a Grade 2 conservation listing. The aim of the project was to preserve a small piece of history in the picturesque village of Bishops Lydeard whilst also helping to shape the future into a better one for less fortunate people.                                           **** Five charities receive all the proceeds and donations raised by patrons of the mill****.                                 
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       Above: a Boatmill, a floating watermill

Below:  A former undershot grain mill converted to a powder mill, used to grind the ingredients for  gunpowder, Explosions were frequent and the mills often had weak roofs or walls which could easily be repaired in the event of a disaster.  Note corrugated iron roof sheets were invented in 1829!

Above: A Powder mill, one of the many  models in display cases showing the story of milling from farm to to bakery shop

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A set of seven models, a tidal mill, a tower mill, a post mill, a powder mill, a smock mill, an overshot mill and a breastshot mill,  all in 1/96th scale

                        Three more views of display cases