An account of an accident in 1811 in which a gentleman on horseback died while crossing the ford at Booton, some years before a bridge was constructed. Also an account of the removal of the windmill at Booton. Both articles from a handwritten letter…
Booton Windmill, originally situated on Windmill Hill in Mill Lane, off Ollands Road, is shown working there on the 1844 Tithe map. It was moved to Booton Hill in 1903 (some sources say it was demolished in 1890) and this photograph was taken in…