Bidston, Wirral Windmill modern art postcard

Postcard

 

• Picture / Image:  Bidston Mill, Bidston Hill, Wirral from watercolour painting by John Rees Jowett
• Publisher:  none given
• Postally used:  no
• Stamp:  n/a
• Postmark(s): n/a
• Sent to:  n/a
• Notes & Key words:  brand new and still has small label with barcode 

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information:

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Bidston Hill is 100 acres (0.40 km²) of heathland and woodland that contains historic buildings and ancient rock carvings. It is on the Wirral Peninsula at the edge of the town of Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. With a peak of 231 feet (70 m), Bidston Hill is one of the highest points on the Wirral.^[1][2] The land was bought by Lord Vyner around 1900 for use by the public.

Bidston Windmill replaced a wooden mill that was destroyed by fire in 1793, and was used to grind wheat until 1875. However it is believed that there has been a windmill on this site since 1596. After falling into disuse it was bought and restored in the 1890s. It is open on the first Sunday each month between 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m..

Bidston Observatory was built in 1866 using local sandstone excavated from the site. One of its functions was to determine the exact time. Up to 18 July 1969, at exactly 1:00 p.m. each day, the One O'Clock Gun overlooking the River Mersey near Morpeth Dock, Birkenhead, would be fired electrically from the Observatory.^[3] In 1929 the work of the observatory was merged with the University of Liverpool Tidal Institute. The Natural Environment Research Council relocated the Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory to the University of Liverpool campus in 2003.^[4]

There has been a lighthouse on the hill since 1771. The present lighthouse was built in 1873 but has not been used since 1913. Together with the Leasowe Lighthouse, it enabled the ships to avoid the sandbanks in the channel to Liverpool.^[5]