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Mill Field is a cosy double bedroom with a wash hand basin and a private bathroom immediately adjacent. It looks out towards The Dovecote with a lovely view down the village to the open fields and woods beyond. The photographs below show the room, the bathroom and the views first towards The Dovecote Inn, our friendly village pub which specialises in great food, and secondly down the village towards Kneesall woods in the distance. Crosshill House features prettily folded guest towels and a guest information folder, both of which can be see on the bed below.
Mill Field, Laxton is named after the wooden post mill which stood at the top of the field and which was destroyed in a gale at 5.30pm on Sunday 16th July 1916. The place where the mill stood is now marked by a small copse. The photograph on the bottom left shows mill field after harvest in 2007 when the wheat straw has been gathered into large round bales. This view is taken looking west towards Lincoln. On a clear day Lincoln cathedral is clearly visible on the skyline. The picture at the bottom right was taken from South Field, and shows the strips in Mill Field after harvest when some have been ploughed and others still have wheat straw bales waiting to be taken home. Mill field is the wheat field for the 2009 / 10 season and was inspected by the Laxton Jury on November 26th 2009. The wheat field is inspected annually, so each field is inspected once in three years. The Jury walk the field, hammering in stakes at the junctions of the strips and roadways and checking the ditches (known locally as dykes). |
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