Ralph Slater

Ralph Slater (born 1754) was an English millwright, active in the second half of the 18th century and early 19th, ostensibly known for his windmills on the Fylde in Lancashire, England.[1][2] One of them, Marsh Mill, is a Grade II* listed building.[3] He was from Pilling.[4]

Ralph Slater
Marsh Mill, built by Slater in 1794
Born1754
NationalityBritish
Known forLancashire windmills

Personal life

Slater was born in 1754. He married Margery Speakman on 25 April 1775.[4]

Selected works

References
Footnotes
  1. Rennison, pp. 216–17
  2. Fields, pp. 150–51
  3. "Listed Buildings", National Heritage List for England, English Heritage, retrieved 13 June 2011
  4. Lancashire's Architectural Heritage: An Anthology of Fine Buildings, John Champness (1989), p. 83 ISBN 9780902228719
  5. "Meet the miller" – BBC Lancashire, 14 June 2007
  6. The industrial archaeology of north-west England, Owen Ashmore (1982), p. 216 ISBN 9780719008207
Sources
  • Fields, Kenneth (1998), Lancashire Magic & Mystery: Secrets of the Red Rose County, Sigma, ISBN 1-85058-606-3
  • Rennison, Robert William (1996), Civil Engineering Heritage: Northern England, Thomas Telford, ISBN 0-7277-2518-1


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