2023
TL7625 : Bocking Windmill - meal bins
taken 3 years ago, near to Bocking Churchstreet, Essex, England

Bocking Windmill - meal bins
This is a Grade I Listed weatherboarded post mill on a two storey brick roundhouse. It dates from c1680 and was moved to its current location in 1830 when the round house was added. It was handed over to the Urban District Council for preservation in 1929. The buck is now fixed and no longer revolves. The access to the buck is from the round house - an arrangement from the preservation era.
These bins receive the ground 'meal' from the millstones above. If it is sold from the bins without removing the bran it is wholemeal flour. It can be passed through sieves (bolters or wire machines etc.) to produce a graded flour - remember the slogan - graded grains produce finer flour?
These bins receive the ground 'meal' from the millstones above. If it is sold from the bins without removing the bran it is wholemeal flour. It can be passed through sieves (bolters or wire machines etc.) to produce a graded flour - remember the slogan - graded grains produce finer flour?
