An 18th century working watermill in the West Midlands
Sunday 8th June 2025 will be our second Open Day in 2025. We hope that once again, the weather will be kind, and the Mill will be in full working order, with plenty of our freshly milled wholemeal flour available in return for a donation. We will be open from
Sunday 11th May 2025 was our first Open Day in 2025 (National Mills Day). We all had a fantastic day, with the Mill in full working order, and plenty of our freshly milled wholemeal flour available in return for a donation. We had 1200 visitors - a record number for
In 1709 new tenants came into possession of New Hall Mill - John Holloway and Robert Hicks, both of whom were bakers from Birmingham. Although Holloway and Hicks were the leaseholders, they employed a miller to operate the mill, and they were able to offer a newly rebuilt mill cottage
You can see this wonderful creamware jug on display at the mill on Open Days. It was probably made in Staffordshire, or perhaps in Yorkshire, between 1763 and 1779. It is decorated with iron red and black scrolled cartouches, roses, and lilies, and the top and bottom borders are beaded
On May 18th 1867, Charles Dickens published a lengthy article about the supposed murder of a Langley Heath girl, Mary Ashford, in 1817, and the subsequent trial of a young man named Abraham Thornton. The murder took place on Penns Lane - the B4148 - which is quite close to
