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Stainsby Mill: Hardwick Estate (Derbyshire)
 Stainsby Mill: Hardwick Estate (Derbyshire) ... 1991.Newest Review: ... right up to 1952 the truth is that the original mill was producing flour long before Hardwick Hall was built. The mill is operated by a huge six metre high water wheel that is powered by the River Doe Lea that is fed from a mill pond across the road. The natural course of the river would have been a further fifty metres or so further back. The exterior of the building that houses the mill ... more ... is not that impressive, in fact it resembles an oddly shaped stone built house. There is a small car park and a gentle slope from there leads down the entrance. The mill is set out on three different levels.
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Stainsby Mill: Hardwick Estate (Derbyshire): Stainsby Mill, Derbyshire (989 words)
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Stainsby Mill enjoys a location within the idyllic setting of the small village of Doe Lea in North Derbyshire. It's very close to junction 29 of the M1 motorway but with its rural location you could be easy to think that you were miles away from anyway. This is a rare example of a 19th century water powered flour mill. It is now owned and managed by The National Trust but what makes this place especially unusual is that it is still in everyday use and the end product of bags of flour are still commercially sold. I had previously visited Caudwell's Mill in Rowsley, Derbyshire which is about twenty miles from here and I was expecting to find quite a ... Read the complete review
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