We’ve now had our Country Blend malted flour in production for two months and I am delighted to say our bakers have been giving us some great feedback! Our aim was to create a flour that delivered a light textured loaf, full of malty notes, packed with flavour and “chewy” bits, as all good malted […]

Followers of our Blog may recall my earlier posts regarding our neighbouring mill, the Smock Mill at Swaffham Prior. James Forsyth, the owner is making fantastic progress with his project to return the mill to working order, to generate electricity. Sails & Cap Come Off Back in March, millwright Tim Whiting took down the sails, […]

Keen eyed locals may have noticed that the mill sails have been resting at an unusual angle this past week. This is because we have been paying our respects to HRH The Duke of Edinburgh in the traditional way. For centuries, windmills have communicated messages to local communities by leaving the sails at rest in […]

In this week’s update from Priors Flour HQ I’m pleased to update everyone on teeth – thankfully, not the miller’s molars, but the re-coging of the stonenut of the West millstones in the mill! The common arrangement to transfer power from wind or water to a set of horizontal millstones is by a stone-nut – […]