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Newsletter 89, Summer 2010 © Hampshire Mills Group
 

Quizzical Corner

 

Here are the Answers to the Spring Brain Teasers :

1.   A delightful spring flower imported from Turkey shares its name with a Hampshire watermill. Do you know which mill it is?  Answer : Froyle Mill
 

Iphenion Timsbury Mill

Iphenion Uniflorum Froyle Mill

 2.   It forms part of the mill building but where will you find a lucam (also spelt luccam, luccum, lucum and luccombe)?     
Answer :
A lucam /luccumbe is the canopy projecting over and protecting a loft gantry.  The gantry is generally used for hauling grain sacks to the bin floor.

 

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