DR Reg Yorke of Formby Civic Society has kindly provided Times Past with more information on the old windmill.
It seems the society knows rather a lot about the old mill, from the name of the owner to the various tenants that lived in it. We now know the freehold belonged to Reverend Richard Formby in 1792. And the various tenants that lived in the mill included Peter Travis, John Lowe, Richard Meadow, Robert Rimmer, William Hargraves and John Robinson.
And the society even provided some detail on one of the tenancy agreements. It seems Richard Travis, who took the lease out in 1792, was required to:"Keep a Pointer or other dog after he becomes resident in Formby.....and agrees to sell to the said Richard Formby all the meal seeds, bran, wheat and grain produced by the mill."
The structure was demolished in the late 1880's, and was replaced with a steam powered mill on Cable Street. The civic society also think there may be evidence of the old structure in and around its site on Old Mill Lane. There may be remants of circular paving, stout posts, foundation beams or mill stones. And if you live on Old Mill Lane and spot anything unusual in the house or garden, please get in touch.
Formby's old mill was demolished in the late 1880s
Dr Reg Yorke of Formby Civic Society with his presentation on the old mill
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