Lights, Camera, Action!

We've just been doing a bit of filming at Stretton Watermill, where our mill was playing the part of the old Dee Mill at Chester.  It's to be included in a major exhibition at the Grosvenor Museum next year exploring medieval Chester.  As the famous Dee Mills have long since gone, Stretton was the perfect substitute location as a nearby mill dating back to the mid-fourteenth century.

The mill section of the film features the miller's wife discussing trade in Chester and the Mystery Plays' links with millers and bakers whilst operating the watermill in her husband's absence.

Other scenes will include a Welsh pilgrim at St John's church, a Cheshire archer at the Water Tower and the Abbot of St Werburgh's in the abbey, (today Chester Cathedral).  The scenes are all linked by a narrator who was also included in the scenes at the mill.

Look out for this appearing in 2013, but in the meantime you can learn more about the Mapping Medieval Chester project on this website.