description Lode Mill Overview
Lode Mill is a restored water-powered flour mill beside Bottisham Lode near Anglesey Abbey in Cambridgeshire, England. The present structure dates largely from the eighteenth century and occupies a site where milling had taken place for centuries. Managed by the National Trust as part of the Anglesey Abbey estate, it preserves working machinery and demonstrates how flowing water powered the grinding of grain into flour.
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Is Lode Mill on the Isle of Anglesey?
No. Lode Mill is beside Bottisham Lode on the Anglesey Abbey estate near Cambridge in Cambridgeshire, England. The name refers to the estate and waterway, not the Welsh island ([National Trust](https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/cambridgeshire/anglesey-abbey-gardens-and-lode-mill/lode-mill-at-anglesey-abbey)).
How old is Lode Mill?
The present building is thought to date largely from the 18th century, but a watermill stood on the site by the Domesday survey of 1086. It was historically a water-powered corn mill ([National Trust](https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/cambridgeshire/anglesey-abbey-gardens-and-lode-mill/lode-mill-at-anglesey-abbey)).
Was Lode Mill ever used for something besides flour?
Around 1900 it was converted for cement grinding, and the business had closed by 1920 after competition hurt it. Lord Fairhaven later restored it to corn milling after acquiring the mill in 1934 ([National Trust](https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/cambridgeshire/anglesey-abbey-gardens-and-lode-mill/lode-mill-at-anglesey-abbey)).
Is Lode Mill working again?
The Cambridgeshire Wind and Watermill Society restored it to full working order in 1978, and it was milling corn again by 1982. The National Trust now lets visitors see the ground floor and traditional machinery ([National Trust](https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/cambridgeshire/anglesey-abbey-gardens-and-lode-mill/lode-mill-at-anglesey-abbey)).
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