Ralph Slater
English millwright
Ralph Slater (1754-1830) was an English millwright, active in the second half of the 18th century and early 19th, ostensibly known for his windmills on the Fylde in Lancashire, England. One of them, Marsh Mill, is a Grade II* listed building.
01Personal life
Slater was born in 1754 in Barton, Preston. He married Margery Speakman (1742-1814) on 25 April 1775. They had four children together and lived in Pilling.
He died in 1830, aged 75 or 76.
02Selected works
- Marsh Mill, Thornton (1794)
- Damside Windmill, Pilling (1808)
- Clifton Mill, Clifton
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