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Ayston Mill

Other OS name in the Parish of Uppingham

Historical Forms

  • Aston Mill also calld Wind Mill 1633 Bru
  • the Windmill 1608 1720,1723,1744 Terrier
  • Peppers Mill 1688 Anc 1763 Bir

Etymology

, Aston Mill also calld Wind Mill 1633Bru , the Windmill 1608ib , 1720, 1723, 1744Terrier . It isPeppers Mill 1688Anc , 1763Bir , cf. the Mill furlong 1720Terrier , Peppers Mill Furlong 1728Asw , Wind Mill Furlong 1763Bir . Richard Pepper 1720, 1723Terrier and Henry Pepper 1744ib were the millers at this windmill which stood in the old West Field towards Ayston , v. wind-mylne .