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Great Crosby Mill Posted by Ronnie on 3/11/2024, 8:59:33 I'm a member of a Lancashire History website and Blog. A very interesting blog re the windmill I received recently. https://lancashirepast.com/2024/11/02/a-history-of-great-crosby-windmill/ 1905

Great Crosby Tithe 1845 - Tithe £280 Posted by Ronnie on 5/11/2024, 10:15:10, in reply to "Great Crosby Mill"

Re: Great Crosby Mill Posted by Alan on 3/11/2024, 18:54:07, in reply to "Great Crosby Mill" Very nice photos Ronnie and a good old historical read... Thanks Ronnie Alan

Re: Great Crosby Mill Posted by Ronnie on 5/11/2024, 8:07:07, in reply to "Re: Great Crosby Mill" Board Owner

Re: Great Crosby Mill Posted by Norma on 3/11/2024, 9:12:27, in reply to "Great Crosby Mill" My late Dad was a Crosby man most of his family lived there,dont know if he knew about the windmill,I did find out that both my grandfather live in the same road growing up,but an age difference,Never knew one died 9 months before i was born Granddad Dickinson,

Re: Great Crosby Mill Posted by Obie on 3/11/2024, 11:46:48, in reply to "Re: Great Crosby Mill" Thanks for sharing the article Ronnie. I was thinking of buying the windmill back in 2015 . Thank God I didn't , it's been a money pit. It still needs a mountain of money spent on it now.

Re: Great Crosby Mill Posted by Ronnie on 3/11/2024, 12:51:09, in reply to "Re: Great Crosby Mill" Board Owner You dodged a bullet there, Obie. Cheers, Ronnie.

Re: Great Crosby Mill Posted by PeteH2 on 4/11/2024, 21:41:08, in reply to "Re: Great Crosby Mill" The fabric sails of the mill used to be constructed in a house in Little Crosby. They had new ones each year. The house in question had a long room to accommodate this task. Outside of a window to the room is a worn stone which is believed to have been created by generations of children standing on tip toe to peer into the interior. The house is a long white one on the side of the road that is adjacent to the Little Crosby Hall estate.

Re: Great Crosby Mill Posted by Ronnie on 5/11/2024, 8:25:19, in reply to "Re: Great Crosby Mill" Board Owner Interesting stuff, Peter

Re: Great Crosby Mill Posted by PeteH2 on 5/11/2024, 12:21:18, in reply to "Re: Great Crosby Mill" Thanks Ronnie, I became interested in Little Crosby because the Seddon family, later of 87 Sefton Road, lived there for most of the 1800s. A very interesting place!

Re: Great Crosby Mill Posted by Norma on 5/11/2024, 13:54:22, in reply to "Re: Great Crosby Mill" My Dad mum came from Little Crosby,but lived in Crosby all the life once married,Must have been hard left with 3 little boys while her husband was fighting in france,and then Afghanistan,

Re: Great Crosby Mill Posted by PeteH2 on 6/11/2024, 19:41:41, in reply to "Re: Great Crosby Mill" Indeed Norma, I’m done in after one day with a grandson!

Re: Great Crosby Mill Posted by PeteH2 on 4/11/2024, 21:44:02, in reply to "Re: Great Crosby Mill" I’m pretty sure that the tithe barn is adjacent to the windmill so that farmers could bring their grain to the mill to be ground into flour, then deposit ten percent of it at the tithe barn to pay their dues.

Re: Great Crosby Mill Posted by Ronnie on 5/11/2024, 8:08:06, in reply to "Re: Great Crosby Mill" Board Owner

Re: Great Crosby Mill Posted by PeteH2 on 6/11/2024, 20:52:42, in reply to "Re: Great Crosby Mill" If you look carefully, in the background you can see the sails of Crosby Windmill on Moor Lane. The view is taken from outside St Luke’s Church.

Re: Great Crosby Mill Posted by Norma on 6/11/2024, 21:37:50, in reply to "Re: Great Crosby Mill" Harvest Festival first year at school my son asked for some small tins of food for the festival,I thought he had the wrong idea,but the school teacher said , the elderly of the parish who rather have a small tin of meat or fruit than a large cabbage,

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