Woad mill at Parson Drove

Painting, [Woad Mill at Parson Drove] / by Alfred Balding of Wisbech (fl. 1887-1903), c. 1900. Oil on canvas; 87x102cm in gilt frame 109x124.5x7cm. Inside the roller house of the mill at Parson Drove near Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, three crushing wheels are drawn by horses around a circular pan, while workers knead the crushed leaves of woad into balls and carry these to the drying ranges outside. The mill was demolished in 1914.

Collection

Science Museum

Inventory Number

3024659

Title

Woad mill at Parson Drove

Object Type

PhysicalObject

Measurements

- frame: 1090 mm x 1245 mm x 70 mm; image: 870 mm x 1020 mm