SOME of the latest cases heard by Salisbury and Swindon Magistrates courts: GEORGE SAVAGE, aged 82, of Burton in Mere, pleaded guilty to assaulting a woman by beating in Mere on August 16 last year. He was fined £533 and was ordered to pay compensation of £175 and costs of £85. WAYNE SAVAGE, aged 46, of Churchill Road, Poole, pleaded guilty to intentionally causing a person to feel harassed, alarmed or distressed through his behaviour in Mere on August 16 last year. He was fined £653 and was ordered to pay compensation of £90 and costs of £85. LALMUANPUIA RALTE, aged 39, of Hungerford Close, Basingstoke, pleaded guilty to driving while exceeding the legal alcohol limit. On Christmas day last year he was driving a Volkswagen Passat along the A338 in Salisbury, with 51 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. Ralte was fined £120 and was ordered to pay a surcharge to fund victim services of £34 and costs of £85. The defendant was also disqualified from
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Pakenham Mill
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We unearth the history of more of the county s most ancient landmarks and places.
Pakenham s current mill has been stood for over two centuries
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Suffolk’s oldest flour mill
Head to Pakenham in the west of the county and there you will find Suffolk’s oldest surviving flour mill. While it is thought a watermill has been in the village for almost 1,000 years, the mill that stands today was built in 1780.
The 17th, 18th and 19th centuries saw the decline of mills across the country – but Pakenham’s remained. This was due in part to its good water supply, machinery and the last two millers who worked there, Bryan Marriage and Walter Hitchcock. Marriage, who bought the mill in 1930, managed to keep it working commercially until 1974.