There is also a factual error in the text. The article says that "Kipling had no sooner acquired the mill than he silenced its clacking, ripping out its innards in 1903 to install a turbine". He did no such thing. In fact all he did was remove the waterwheel on the outside of the mill to make room for the installation of the turbine. He totally ignored the inside of the mill, leaving all the machinery in place. It then rotted for 35 years until the National Trust acquired the property in 1939. They then ignored it for the next 35 years, but when it was finally restored in 1975 all the existing metalwork could be kept, but much of the woodwork had to be replaced although as the originals were still there the replacements were as accurate as possible. Also the correct name of the mill is Park Mill, as it was once a manorial mill attached to the neighbouring Park Farm.
Alan Wilmshurst
Miller at Park Mill, Bateman's.
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