Talk:Cogglesford Mill

Latest comment: 13 years ago by GrahamSmith

The expression "Sheriff mill" is unfamiliar: if not an article, it needs a ftnote.--Wetman (talk) 01:33, 27 February 2011 (UTC)Reply

A shire reeve (Sheriff) was an Anglo-Saxon official responsible for the administration of a royal estate. The Anglo Saxon mill would have been a lot simpler than the present mill, possibly using a Roman turbine-like mechanism—GrahamSmith (talk) 13:32, 27 February 2011 (UTC)Reply