History
Two mills were mentioned in the Domesday Book at Adelintune, now known as Elton, a picturesque village in Cambridgeshire situated on the River Nene, just a short drive to Peterborough. Though the original mills are long gone, the present mill dates from the late 18th century and belongs to the Elton Estate. The original section of the mill is a large long rectangular three storey building of brick and stone with attic. It was extended in the middle of the 19th Century, with this new section of the mill featuring an AD 1840 gable plaque.
Remarkably, the mill still contains much of the milling machinery and equipment, including an iron and wooden waterwheel about 4.3m in diameter and 3.6m wide, a pit-wheel, wallower, upright-shaft, and a great spur wheel. Elton Mill was listed Grade II in 1988. It has been on Huntingdonshire District Council’s Buildings at Risk register since the 1990’s because it has been vacant and redundant for such a long time and as such there are concerns about its structural stability and general deterioration.
Explore and Photos
The explore was relaxed but dodgy as there were more holes in the floor than Swiss cheese. The photos were taken with my Nikon D3200 and kit lens.
Two mills were mentioned in the Domesday Book at Adelintune, now known as Elton, a picturesque village in Cambridgeshire situated on the River Nene, just a short drive to Peterborough. Though the original mills are long gone, the present mill dates from the late 18th century and belongs to the Elton Estate. The original section of the mill is a large long rectangular three storey building of brick and stone with attic. It was extended in the middle of the 19th Century, with this new section of the mill featuring an AD 1840 gable plaque.
Remarkably, the mill still contains much of the milling machinery and equipment, including an iron and wooden waterwheel about 4.3m in diameter and 3.6m wide, a pit-wheel, wallower, upright-shaft, and a great spur wheel. Elton Mill was listed Grade II in 1988. It has been on Huntingdonshire District Council’s Buildings at Risk register since the 1990’s because it has been vacant and redundant for such a long time and as such there are concerns about its structural stability and general deterioration.
Explore and Photos
The explore was relaxed but dodgy as there were more holes in the floor than Swiss cheese. The photos were taken with my Nikon D3200 and kit lens.
