Cross the ‘Gouwe’ over the bridge (St. Joostbrug), go left and take the first right into the ‘Aaltje Bakstraat’. Walk on, cross ‘de Raam’ into the ‘Vlamingstraat’ until the end. Take a few minutes near the bridge and look around.

At the end of the street, ‘Vlamingstraat’ another post mill was constructed around the end of the 16th century. It was named “de Croot”. This flourmill was taken down somewhere between 1585-1744. 

When the 19th century came to a close a so-called clay mill was built here. This mill is thought to be used for the many potteries in this area, of which ‘Plateelfabriek Zuid-Holland’ was famous all over the World.

Please also take a look in ‘De Kleischuur’ a former clay storage barn for clay imported from England. The barn, a national monument, was recently restored and now has an organic restaurant in it.  Web site: http://www.dekleischuur.nl/

On the map, dated 1873, a small wooden mill with a square floor plan and round construction can be seen. The windmill vanished on the official map made by the cadastre in 1877..

There used to be many mills in this part of town, as this is the west side of town; and “west equals wind” in Holland. The mills were built higher than the city walls, to ensure an optimal catching of the wind. This area, around the Turfsingel, is also where the rivers Hollandsche IJssel and Gouwe cross. Raw materials were immediately processed in the mills and used in the industry. For this reason Gouda’s oldest industrial area was established here, from soap to yarn production, potteries and the Gouda Candle Factory.

On the right (street called ‘Vest) another windmill, a stellingmolen, a mill with a gallery stood named “de Korenbloem” (= the Cornflower), build in 1751 and partly demolished in 1926. This mill, with a round floor plan, was subsiding to the right and was therefore nicknamed “de scheve molen“ the crooked mill. On the 15th of April, 1949 what was left of the mill was destroyed in a fire.