Preston Mill

Preston Mill

Preston
Preston Mill
OS grid reference	NT596779
Civil parish	Prestonkirk
Council area	East Lothian
Lieutenancy area	East Lothian
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	EAST LINTON
Postcode district	EH40
Dialling code	01620
Police	Scottish
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
EU Parliament	Scotland
UK Parliament	East Lothian
Scottish Parliament	East Lothian
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Preston Mill is a watermill on the River Tyne at the eastern edge of East Linton on the B1407 Preston Road, in East Lothian, Scotland, UK. It is situated close to Prestonkirk Parish Church, the Smeaton Hepburn Estate, Smeaton Lake, and Phantassie Doocot.

Preston is a hamlet adjacent to East Linton, East Lothian, Scotland.^[1]

There has been a mill on the site since the 16th century. The present mill dates from the 18th century and is in the care of the National Trust for Scotland. It was used commercially until 1959, and it produced oatmeal. The River Tyne still drives the water wheel, and the machinery can still be seen at work by visitors taking part in a tour. There is also an exhibition about milling, and a mill pond.

The engineer and millwright Andrew Meikle maintained the mill in the 18th century. In 1948 a flood submerged the buildings, and in 1950 a local land owner gave the mill to the National Trust for Scotland. The milling firm Rank Hovis McDougall provided help with the renovation and expertise to allow the mill to be operative again.

Preston Mill consists of a kiln, a mill, and the miller's house. The mill wheel dates back to 1909. The mill is loved by visitors, painters and photographers, especially the kiln with its conical red pantile roof.

External links

• RCAHMS. "Preston Mill (56219)". Canmore. 
• RCAHMS record for Preston Mill
• RCAHMS. "Preston Mill, Weir (279455)". Canmore. 
• National Trust for Scotland webpage for Preston Mill
• National Trust for Scotland education resources for Preston Mill

Photo gallery

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  The entrance road to Preston Mill is close to Prestonkirk
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  Ornamental millstone with legend: Preston Mill National Trust for Scotland
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  Milling Exhibition
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  The Kiln
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  Kiln roof
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  The mill wheel
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  Flooding from the River Tyne
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  Mill stream and surrounding area prone to floods
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  Mill closed due to flooding

References

1. ↑ "Preston, East Lothian". Scottish Places. Retrieved 13 December 2014. 

• Poem about Preston Mill by Rowena M Love, published by the SCOTS (Scottish Corpus Of Texts & Speech) Project and the University of Glasgow.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Preston, East Linton.

External links

• Undiscovered Scotland - Preston Mill and Phantassie Doocot

Coordinates: 55°59′32″N 2°39′04″W / 55.99219°N 2.65114°W / 55.99219; -2.65114