Pinsley Mill


Pinsley Mill, also known as Etnam Street Mill, is a former watermill in Leominster, Herefordshire, England.
It was one of Leominster's first mills, situated where the Pinsley Brook left the monastic precinct around Leominster Priory, and was mentioned in a lease of 1675 as a "watercorne" mill.
At some time between 1744 and 1748 it was reopened by Daniel Bourn as a cotton mill, one of the Paul-Wyatt cotton mills built to house the roller spinning machinery invented by Lewis Paul and John [Wyatt |John Wyatt], that first enabled the spinning of cotton "without the aid of human fingers". Bourn's mill operated successfully as a mill until 1754, when it was destroyed by fire.
The mill was rebuilt and returned to its original function as a corn mill, remaining in use until the Second World War.
The mill was vandalised and set alight several times in 2010 – 2013. It was demolished in 2014.