The Collection 

Heckington Windmill has a unique collection of documents, images, memorabilia, and objects, many of which have been kindly donated by the local community in and around Heckington. The Collection celebrates the work, life and achievements of local people and its amazing industrial heritage.​ Please enjoy browsing the samples from our collection below.
These images are meant for viewing only, unless stated otherwise, and maybe subject to copyright.

Heckington Windmill,
​a family business and a family home

The Pocklington Family at the Mill

​  ​John Pocklington (1865-1941)
John Pocklington, miller and entrepreneur, was the owner of Heckington Windmill from 1891-1941. He bought the mill to restore it and get it back to working order. The repairs were carried out using the machinery, cap and eight sails from the old Tuxford windmill, in Boston, which he had previously bought at auction; William Tuxford & Sons of Boston and Skirbeck Iron Works were pioneers in the development of agricultural machinery. He also recycled some of the bricks from the old Tuxford mill to build the miller’s house that stands at the front of the site.
This is a sketch of Tuxford & Sons Mill and  Ironworks in Skirbeck, a suburb of Boston in Lincolnshire. The Tuxford family were one of the most innovative engineering families of the nineteenth century, exhibiting in the Great Exhibition, London 1851. The image source is unknown. 
Click on any picture to view in full and to scroll through the Pocklington Family gallery:

The Pocklington Family:
Top:  Annie, John Junior, Maud
Middle: John Senior, Arthur and his wife,
Bottom: Mary, Alfred, Lilly

The War Years

​The Miller's  House Garden c1915

If you have any interesting photographs, documents or memorabilia that you wish to donate or allow us to copy for our archives, please contact us. Storage space for the Collection is limited, so it is important that we only collect things relative to the collection. 
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