The Corn Mill
The Corn Mill on the site at Kirk Mill, Malt Kiln Lane, Chipping dates back to before 1544, which is
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Corn Mill
Roger Kenyon’s map, 1608
Copied here are greatly enlarged portions of a map of Leagram and adjoining areas, drawn by Roger Kenyon in 1608.
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Visit to Heron Mill
Here’s some pix from the trip to Heron Corn Mill. (Copying or using these images is strictly prohibited)
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The children from the Chipping Schools visit Heron Corn Mill
Miller Stuart Hobbs took the children on a spell binding exploration of the corn mill. From the grain arriving at
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Getting into the Kirk Mill story with a visit to the old corn mill.
Our walk to the old corn mill, now known as The Water Wheel, took us behind St Mary’s Church and
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The malt kiln at Heron Corn Mill … Hundreds of years ago, there was a corn mill where Kirk Mill
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Son and heir of Eustace Hesketh and wife Jane, John Hesketh surrendered ownership of the water corn mill at Kirk
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William Barrow, together with Richard Salisbury, Hugh Stirrup, Willam Carr and John Shakeshaft bought the water corn mill from Richard Dilworth on
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Richard Salisbury, together with Hugh Stirrup, Willam Carr, John Shakeshaft and William Barrow, bought the water corn mill from Richard Dilworth
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Hugh Stirrup, originally a merchant from London, together with Richard Salisbury, of Chipping William Barrow, of Lancaster Willam Carr of Scorton and John
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Richard Dilworth sold the water corn mill on 2nd February, 1785, to Hugh Stirrup, Richard Salisbury, William Barrow, Willam Carr
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Together with Hugh Cowper, James Walmesley and Thomas Wilson, James Whitaker bought the manors of Goosnargh and Chipping from James,
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Together with Hugh Cowper, Thomas Wilson and James Whitaker, James Walmesley bought the manors of Goosnargh and Chipping from James,
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Around 1600, the manors of Goosnargh and Chipping were sold to James, Lord Strange, afterwards the Earl of Derby. These
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This document dated to the 37th year of Henry VIII’s reign is an official change of ownership of the water
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