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SOME FEUDAL MILLS. 207
of a mill at Bevington Bush, with its machinery, was carried off and IV.
thrown into an adjoining field." In 1798 were "to be sold a piece KING'S MILLS,
of ground near Bevington Bush, with the mill thereon erected, called ^^VERPOOL.(
Paul's or Appleton's Mill; also another plot adjoining, with the mill og " ' Am d'
thereon, called Lund's Mill : this latter subject to a lease granted to
Anthony Lund." In 1801 was "to be sold all that wind corn mill
on the west side of the lane between Kirkdale and Liverpool, now in
the possession of Mr. James Willacey works four ; pair of stones, is
and in full trade : if not
well built, well situated, roomy, powerful,
sold will be let to the best bidder." Of these mills Mr. Lunt kindly
gives a few practical notes :—
"There were four windmills here. That on the west side of
Limekiln Lane was worked by a well-known miller (a great friend of
the Rev. John Shepherd), Anthony Myers. He was very successful.
So far as I know the family are extinct in Liverpool. Later on these
premises were bought by the Huntington family, who are not so old
as millers as they are as bakers in Liverpool.
" The mill on the east side, where Simpson's Mill now stands,
was worked by Edward Weston, John Simpson, and George Lunt,
under the style of Edward Weston & Co. Each of the partners
had a retail shop or shops, and they also ground for hire. Edward
Weston took to betting, and as a consequence met with misfortune,
and the mill was then carried on by John Simpson and George
Lunt. I find by an old rent-book that steam was added in 1838, the
steam mill being built against the windmill tower. There were
two egg-ended boilers and a beam engine. The mill was burnt
down in 1850, and the estate was then bought by Simpson and
Lunt from the original owner, J. Whalley, of Maghull, near Liverpool.
At our engine on one occasion they could not get her to pump,
and of course the boilers would steam dry. Our water came from
a tank which formed a roof for the slack-hole. Our engineers were
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sent for, and the pump was pulled to pieces; but nothing was wrong
with it. They examined the tank, and found there was plenty of
water there. As a last resort, after a day or two's stoppage, they
began to examine the piping from the tank, and then found that a
coat button had got wedged in the angle. The charge for grinding
was never less than 6d. per old Liverpool bushel of 70 lb. ; at least
we never charged less. There were some who offered to grind at ,
5d. ; but generally one dose completely cured the baker who was '
venturesome enough to try it, for the stuff had to be eaten. This did
for sizing purposes, but for bread, 'Never.' I think Mr. B. Molyneaux
(who was the last to grind for hire on the old system) charged 7d.
The charge for grinding always included delivery of the products, as
the farmer always delivered the wheat into the mill ; and it was
country wheat which was so ground
for the bakers. The miller
generally covered and charged insurance up to a moderate amount,
but if much excess in stock was held the owner of the wheat had to
put a supplementary policy on—
as, for example, the policy in Norwich
Union Office for ^350 negotiated by my father in 1834 for wheat
in Jeremiah Shaw's mill at Kirkdale. At balancing time (if
balancing time ever came for a miller in those days, for it used to be