Though not a building of great architectural merit. Mount Albion House has a history of considerable interest spanning almost two hundred years.It was built in 1798 by a local miller, John Marshall, whose mill stood a little way from the house, at what is now the top of Albion Road. For the first load of wheat purchased from a Mr Blackburn of St Peter's, the owners paid nearly 120 guineas (£126). But the price left so little profit margin after its manufacture into flour that they decided to pull the mill down in 1810. It was re-erected on the West Cliff and it is very likely that the mill which stood in Grange Road until 1930 was the one removed. The site is now called Windmill Parade.
This is a from series of local history articles written by Don Long who died recently I shall be putting up more, to celebrate the memory of this well known Ramsgate historian.
