This article appeared in the Newsletter on 12th February 2026 MR W GILLESPY We unfortunately don’t have a lot of records for the mill and the millers who ran it. An account book for the Manor of Corby does exist for 1797 and this shows that William Gillespy paid the rent on the mill, £94 […]

This article appeared in the 6th February 2026 Newsletter PAYING THE MILLER. The mill was until the 1880s owned by the local Lord of the Manor, which from the early 1600’s was the Howards of Corby Castle. They would lease out the mill to a miller and by that period in time the rent would […]

This article was published in the Newsletter 30th January 2026. WHAT DID THE MILL DO IN EARLIER TIMES? We now mainly mill wheat for either bread flour or plain for cakes etc. We mill a small amount of the ancient grain Spelt for again bread flour and Rye and Oats. However, probably before the early […]

This article was in the Newsletter 23rd January 2026. SECRET CUMBRIA. Secret Cumbria is a feature on BBC Radio Cumbria lunchtime programme. It is compiled by Andrew Carter and he visited the mill to record it just before Christmas. Alas the first two episodes were presented this Wednesday and Thursday and the other two will […]

This was an article in the January 16th 2026 Newsletter DRESSING THE STONES. One of the reasons we need to lift and separate the stones is to allow the grinding faces to be dressed. This means putting the grooves into the face of the stone, because as the stones rotate against themselves a very small […]

This article appeared in the Newsletter 8th January 2026 LIFTING THE STONES. There are times when we need to lift the runner stone off the bed stone. This can be to check for wear on the stones and their grinding faces, (known as the dressing), and also in some cases to look at the hole […]