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Moddershall

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Built as a flint mill, 1750. Named Lower Mill, then Brook Bank Mill and finally Hayes Mill. Originally the wheel was an overshot type of 20 feet (6.1 m) diameter and 6.5 feet (2.0 m) wide, made of wood with an iron shroud. It ceased grinding in 1966 but the arks, wash tubs and drying kilns
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Originally a corn mill covering a total plot of 2 acres (0.81 ha), it was converted to a flint-grinding mill in 1851. The water wheel had 18 feet (5.5 m) diameter and was 4 feet (1.2 m) wide, resulting in a driving force of 44 horsepower (33 kW). The last miller was Joseph Brooks;
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First flint-grinding mill in the valley, built 1726. Originally named Oil Mill (1860), Goodwin's Mill (1867), Oulton Mill (1888) and finally Ivy Mill. Original water wheel of 19 feet (5.8 m) diameter and 6 feet (1.8 m) wide, constructed of wood with iron shrouds. Best preserved of all the
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Not the only mill in Stone, but perhaps the most substantial. The present building (1785) was built on the site of an earlier mill. It ground flour and the wheel was eventually replaced by a turbine, then electrically powered until it ceased milling, perhaps in the late 1970s.
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the mills began to close. By the 1970s, only Hayes and Ivy mills were in operation, although their water wheels were out of operation and the grinding mechanism was powered by electricity. The closure of Hayes Mill in 1977 brought to an end 250 years of milling in the valley.
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The geography of the area is defined by the Scotch Brook, which after rising close to All Saints Church to the north of the village, runs round from the east of the village, then westwards and down towards its confluence with the River Trent.
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suffered by coal miners. The result was that workers tried to do any work but flint grinding. Resultantly, in the early 1900s four mills in the valley converted to grinding bone, which had a similar effect.
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within the valley. To be legally allowed to extract water from the area, the miller would need to gain the permission of the Lord of the Land, which for the manor of Moddershall Valley was controlled from
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which had seven flint-grinding mills (two at Cheddleton, three at Consall and two at Frogall), the Moddershall Valley is best known and resultantly conserved as an early
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Originally a paper mill, by 1853 a flint mill. The stables, calcining kilns, waterwheel, grinding machinery and settling tanks survive together with the millers cottage
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Originally a corn mill, converted to a flint-grinding mill in 1867. Gained its name due to having two opposing water wheels, one overshot and one undershot
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powder to the local reddish clay could create a more palatable white or cream ware, that sold at higher volumes to the natural
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By the late 1930s the mills were in decline, and a shortage of skilled manpower and cheap supply product, meant that after
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existed in the valley from the 12th century, and evidence exists to show numerous mills during the
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However, the grinding process produced a fine siliceous dust, that after adhering to the workers
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valley's mills, the mechanism dates to the late 18th century. Grade II listed structure
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continued to be used until 1977. Machinery survives, as does its brick chimney
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First recorded as a corn mill in 1716. Abandoned 1961, but machinery survives
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All Saints' Church was built from local stone in 1903/4 by three daughters of
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Original reddish-brown Stafford Pottery coffee pot, now on display at the
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in the county of Staffordshire, England, part of the civil parish of
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Originally a corn mill, converted to a flint-grinding mill in 1867
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Job, Barry (1995) "Watermills of the Moddershall Valley", p. 72.
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Although not as important as the forges and watermills of the
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the mill closed in 1954 and was demolished in January 1965.
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Moddershall Valley- Conservation Area, designation No.76
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For administrative purposes Moddershall forms part of
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reddish colour. The flint was sourced from either the
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Moddershall Valley

Moddershall is located in Staffordshire
Staffordshire
OS grid reference
SJ 92636 36610
Civil parish
Stone Rural
District
Stafford
Shire county
Staffordshire
Region
West Midlands
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Stone, Staffordshire
Postcode district
ST15
Dialling code
Police
Staffordshire
Fire
Staffordshire
Ambulance
West Midlands
UK
England

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