
James Gray: This was formerly known as West Mill and then Streeter’s Mill. Originally standing in Belle Vue Fields, now Regency Square, this was the mill which, in 1797, was moved from there by 36 yoke of oxen to the top of Millers Road, a little to the north east of the present Dyke Inn. In 1866 James Trusler was the owner of the mill. The mill was pulled down in 1885, and the original photograph was taken a few years before then. See the drawing of the removal of this mill from Regency Square, on a previous page [jgc_26_081 on the Dyke Road (4) page]. jgc_26_083
James Gray: Trusler’s Mill – this was formerly known as West Mill and then Streeter’s Mill. Originally standing in Belle Vue Fields, now Regency Square, this was the mill which, in 1797, was moved from there by 36 yoke of oxen to the top of Miller’s Road, a little to the south of the Dyke Road Hotel. In 1866, James Trusler became the owner of the land and mill. It was pulled down in 1885. The original of this photograph was taken in 1883. This copy seems to have been unnecessarily touched up. jgc_26_097
2018: When Trusler’s Mill was demolished, part of the workings were reused in Waterhall Mill. The new Dyke Tavern was built in 1893 and the adjacent houses which front Dyke Road, Nos 210-216, were built in 1906. In that year the mill yard behind these buildings contained stores and workshops, which in 1914 were the premises of A Lambourne, motor engineer, contractor J W Miller and Mr Crossley. By 1917 the whole site was used by Lambourne’s, which eventually became Lambourne and Ridley. In 1997 the engineering works was demolished and in 2005 planning permission was granted for nine homes (part development and part conversion) in Old Mill Mews. The entrance to the mews is in Highcroft Villas. The windmill was in what is now the car park for this development, which can be seen in the 2018 image with North Lodge, Highcroft Villas, behind it. (Photographer: Jane Southern)