Preston's Windmills Part 1 I have always been interested in windmills. We are fortunate to have a number of surviving examples dotted around Lancashire, and some of them are in a state of good repair. The ones on the Flyde Coast including Marsh Mill at Thornton-Cleveleys, Little Marton Windmill and Lytham Windmill are all well known. I can't recall having been inside any of these buildings, but I might have done in the past. The last working example I had the pleasure of viewing the inner workings of was on the outskirts of York. This was Holgate Windmill, which is York's last surviving windmill and apparently the oldest five-sailed windmill in the country. That's certainly worth a visit. It's also quite unique, in the sense that it is on an island in a street, surrounded by houses. I have only really recently become aware of the history of Preston's windmills. Something led me to Craggs Row Windmill several years ago, whilst on one of my journeys down a
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