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The expression " Sheriff mill" is unfamiliar: if not an article, it needs a ftnote.-- Wetman ( talk) 01:33, 27 February 2011 (UTC) reply

A shire reeve ( Sheriff) was an Anglo-Saxon official responsible for the administration of a royal estate. The Anglo Saxon mill would have been a lot simpler than the present mill, possibly using a Roman turbine-like mechanism— GrahamSmith ( talk) 13:32, 27 February 2011 (UTC) reply