Why is our logo a windmill?
The village of Thurton is linked by road to Ashby St Mary, in fact the only way you know you're in another village is by the road sign!
Ashby St. Mary used to have a post mill which was built around 1758. It remained working for over 150 years! The mill had a roundhouse and had a 75 foot diameter footprint. The buck had a gallery at the eaves, a balcony porch with a gable end roof. The fantail with a 6 bladed fan was on the ladder.
It was knocked down between 1916 and 1971 and the foundations are half in the garden of the original Mill House and half in the garden of the newer Mill Bungalow.
Here is a history of the mill and who lived and worked there.
Around 1757: Mill built
On 15th July 1971, Harry Apling recorded that the mill's foundations were half in the garden of the original Mill House and half in the garden of the newer Mill Bungalow.
5th November 1763: Mill advertised for sale
Faden's map 1797: Mill
Poll Book 1802: Robert King, miller
Bryant's map 1826: Mill
1826: Robert King, miller
Poll Book 1827: Robert King, miller
January 1827: Mill advertised for sale due to the retirement of Robert King
White's 1836: William Young, miller
White's 1845: William Young, miller
White's 1854: William Young, corn miller
1856: William Young, miller
1858: John Fish Rushmore, miller
White's 1864: John Fish Rushmore, corn miller
3rd May 1874: Effects of Mr. Rushmore, miller sold at auction
1883: Daniel Burroughes, miller & farmer
White's 1883: Daniel Burroughes, miller & farmer
O.S. Map 1890-1891: Ashby Windmill (Barley, Corn & Flour)
Kelly's 1892: Daniel Burroughes, miller (wind)
Kelly's 1896: Daniel Burroughes, miller (wind & steam) & farmer
Kelly's 1900: Daniel Burroughes, miller (wind & steam) & farmer
Kelly's 1904: Frederick George Chapman, miller (wind & steam)
c.1910: Mill ceased to operate by wind power
February 1914: Frederick George Graham Chapman bankrupt (also at Croxton smockmill)
Kelly's 1916: Albert Arthur Culling, miller (steam)
15th July 1971: Mr. Moll, Mill House and Herbert Chubbock Mill Bungalow