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Pin Mill is a hamlet on the south bank of the tidal River Orwell, located on the outskirts of the village of Chelmondiston on the Shotley peninsula, south Suffolk. It lies within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and is a designated Conservation Area. Pin Mill is now generally known for the historic Butt & Oyster public house and for sailing. == History == The origins of the ‘Pin’ in Pin Mill are uncertain, but may be derived from ‘pynd’ (meaning pen or pond), the production of round wooden pins for ships, or attributed to a mill owner by the name of Pynne.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.babergh.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/4E00D309-9A1C-4938-8800-656B1D7F1E1E/0/PINMILL.pdf )〕 Pin Mill was once a busy landing point for ship-borne cargo, a centre for the repair of Thames sailing barges and home to many small industries such as sail making, a maltings (now a workshop) and a brickyard. The east coast has a long history of smuggling, in which Pin Mill and the Butt and Oyster pub allegedly played key parts.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.smuggling.co.uk/gazetteer_e_13.html )〕 During World War II Pin Mill was home to Royal Navy Motor Launches and to a degaussing vessel created from a herring drifter. Pin Mill and Woolverstone were home ports to many Landing Craft Tanks used in the invasion of Normandy in 1944. Approximately 25 houseboats are occupied year round along the foreshore to the east of the Butt and Oyster pub, an alternative lifestyle which lends a bohemian charm to the settlement. Since 2004 Babergh has been working with the houseboat owners, Chelmondiston Parish Council and other groups to grant planning permission for the houseboats and remove wrecked boats.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.babergh.gov.uk/Babergh/Home/News/2004/July/APPROVAL+FOR+PIN+MILL+HOUSEBOAT+HOPEFULLY+THE+FIRST+OF+MANY.htm )〕 There have also been recent improvements in the sailing infrastructure, and responsibility for the Hard at Pin Mill has been handed over to a new ‘community interest’ company.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.babergh.gov.uk/Babergh/Home/News/2010/September/CELEBRATION+CEREMONY+AS+PIN+MILL+IS+RESTORED.htm )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pin Mill」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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