bedstone

Above the bedstone is the turning runner stone which actually does the grinding.

The civil parish covers a small area, with no other settlements than Bedstone itself.

Its campus houses the notable country house that is Bedstone Court.

The lower stone is called a Bedstone.

The lower bedstone has a square hole.

Only the top stone, the runner stone, turns, while the bottom bedstone remains stationary.

The millstones comprise the original runner stone and a non-original bedstone.

"This donation was like a kickoff; it was a bedstone for other gifts," he said.

At some time in the past there was an independent mini-mill on this floor although only its bedstone remained, in-situ, when the conservation work started.

He stepped down from the bedstone.

The other pair has a French Burr runner stone on a conglomerate bedstone.

The bedstone does not turn.

The base or bedstone is stationary.

As the "runner stone" rotates parallel to the stationary bedstone, the grain is crushed.

Also nearby are the villages of Bedstone, Bucknell and Clungunford.

The runner stone spins above the stationary bedstone creating the "scissoring" or grinding action of the stones.

Two large millstones, set on edge, and called edged runners, ground the mixture on a bedstone with a trough.

An Independent School, Bedstone College, is also nearby.

The building was badly damaged by a fire in 1996 but was fully restored and continues to be the centrepiece of Bedstone College.

A runner stone is generally slightly concave, while the bedstone is slightly convex.

The 15-year-old, who goes to Bedstone College, Bucknell, told the ambulance service he was hurt during a scrum.

Each set of millstones comprises a one metre wide stationary "bedstone" with a matching, rotating "runner stone".

Bedstone is a small village and civil parish in south Shropshire, England, close to the border with Herefordshire.

The millstones consist a French Burr runner stone and a Cullen bedstone.

The majority of the fifth formers at Bedstone continue into the Sixth Form where they are joined by many new entrants from other schools.