Windmill - Rye Traditional Cache
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This cache is a magnetic 35mm film pot placed at ground level. Cache contains log & a FTF certificate. It unfortunately may not be accessible to wheelchair users. This area is likely to be Muggle Central during warm weather. Please use stealth when retrieving and replacing this cache.
Can be accessed from Gibbets Marsh Car Park off Ferry Road, or from The Strand (Rye town side) by taking the Left hand side footpath (1066 Walk) along the canal bank. *Be careful when crossing the unmanned railway line..* He distinctive and famous Rye Mill is a grade-two listed building and has been the inspiration for artists and photographers throughout the centuries. It occupies an historic site in Gibbet's Marsh where a windmill has stood, in one form or another, since at least the sixteenth century. The Symondons map of Rye created in 1594 shows an illustration of a windmill in the exact spot where today's mill now stands. Copies can be seen in Rye Town Hall and in the guest house. The first recorded owner of a Rye Mill was Thomas Chatterton who built a 'post mill' in 1758. After his death his widow, Mary, passed it on to a Frederick Barry who demolished the 'post mill' in 1820 to erect a 'Smock Mill', similar to the one we see today. Milling continued until 1912 when the premises became a bakery. Eventually to be owned by the Webbs, a well regarded family of Rye bakers who were to become custodians of the Windmill for over 60 years. Unfortunately, on a Friday 13th in 1930, the ovens of the bakery overheated and destroyed the wooden structure on the mill, leaving just the two story brick base. The mill was reconstructed in 1932 and it continued as a bakery until 1976. The ovens were put to good use when the mill became a pottery. The original oven doors can be seen in the base of the Windmill, behind what is now the bar. In 1984 the Mill became a Bed & Breakfast guest house and has remained so until the present day. * Please note that this cache is placed very near to an unfenced river & very near to an unmanned railway crossing - Please ensure children & dogs are closely supervised * ** AS PER GEOCACHING RULES YOU CAN ONLY CLAIM A FIND IF YOU SIGN THE LOG SHEET **
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