You look in wonder at Green's Mill:

Presiding Ghost, George Green 

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"the last letter of the 
Name has been written"

new clue at Green's Mill! (Robin Hood)

Ah, we are here beneath Green's Mill, 

As we look up at the marvelous windmill under the blue, summer sky, we recall that a mill, in the olden days, was not necessarily a place of peaceful repose and bountiful product.  From folklore such as Rumplestiltskin, to Chaucer's The Miller's Tale, to the bread riots of the 19th century, the local mill could be the site of occupational hazard, local jealous retribution, civil unrest, and, yes, obsolescence.  Green's Mill was being used as a furniture-and-boot-polish factory in 1947 when it caught fire and burned.  It was restored to working order in 1986.

But where would the clues be, here?  Perhaps in the history of George Green, mathematician, the first owner's son.  Or, perhaps not!  In mysterious Nottingham, who can tell?  

10 May 1828
Sir,  I learn from Nottingham that Mr G Green is the Son of a Miller, who has had only a common education in the Town, but has been ever since his mind could appreciate the value of learning immoderately fond of Mathematical pursuits, and which attainments have been acquired wholly by his own perseverance unassisted by any Tutor or Preceptor; he is now only 26 or 27 years of age of rather reserved habits attends the business of the Mill, yet finds time for his favourite Mathematical reading-
Your obt. servant
Thos Fisher

More About Green's Mill

GEORGE GREEN AND HIS MILL

There is nothing very remarkable about Green's Windmill in Nottingham. It is typical of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of windmills that were once a common sight in this country. Built at the beginning of the 19th century, it was worked for over six decades producing flour for bakeries and animal feed for the many horses in the town. Then, faced with increasing competition from the larger and more efficient steam powered roller mills, it was abandoned and allowed to fall into ruin. 
The story starts at the end of the 18th century with George Green's father, a prosperous Nottingham baker. 

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