Author: Warwick Bridge Corn Mill

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 […]

This article appeared in the Newsletter 1st January 2026. CLEANING THE STONES. With the mill not operating over Christmas we take the opportunity to strip the mill stone apparatus down and give it all a good clean and check them over for any problems that may affect milling in the future. To get to the […]

Taken from the 31st October 2025 Newsletter We have had another look in the head race especially the control gate which hasn’t been closing properly. After cleaning some silt out of the mechanism it now shuts better.  The wall of the mill beside the headrace has obviously leaked from historical times, with a drain being […]

This article was in the Newsletter 9th October 2026 PORRIDGE OATS October 10th is International Porridge Day. Most people think that porridge is made from oats, but, porridge can be made from a wide range of other grains. But we are going to look at oats. What are porridge oats? Well this is where the […]

Taken from the Newsletter 2nd October 2025 THE MILL IN THE PAST Wouldn’t it be nice to see what the mill looked like back in time! Unfortunately there appears to be very few pictures of the mill known. In fact to date I have only found three pictures that show part of the mill and […]

From the Newsletter 23rd August 2025 THE WATER POWER As mentioned above the dry weather has allowed us to look at some parts of the mill which are sometimes not always accessible. One of these is the tunnel that takes the headrace to the waterwheel. The headrace under normal circumstances has water standing in it […]