Escape the grind and move to your own old water mill

From: Western Daily Press (Bristol UK) | Date: June 9, 2007| Author: George Halladay | Copyright information

So much is being talked about these days on alternative energy that we tend to forget that water power has been used in Britain since Roman times.

Originally it was used for grinding corn, but with the rise of the cloth industry in the late Middle Ages it played a vital role in the early mechanisation of textile production.

Many villages had a mill, and one was to be found in the Wiltshire village of North Wraxall, 11 miles from Chippenham.

The Grade II-listed Steppingst...

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