4] The Miller

Directly to the west of The Street on the opposite side of the B2077 once stood a 19th century windmill. One of its tenants in the 1930's was a Richard Buss - Dicky Buss to the locals - whose name by common usage was given to a tree lined lane which provided one of the access routes to the mill.

During Buss' milling days its age began to tell and eventually it became structurally unsafe
to operate. He had no choice but to close it down. In a totally dilapidated state the mill was still standing when, at the end of April 1939, a terrible thunderstorm broke over the village. In the midst of the storm lightening struck the old building and it quickly burned to the ground.

It was during the intervening years that stories grew up that the mill was haunted, aided no doubt by the habit of young master Buss of setting bird traps in the top of the mill. To keep larger birds away - and probably other interested small boys - he draped long white sheets below the traps. Thus the story was set of the haunted mill!
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