The purpose of this page. Some two hundred years ago thousands of flax bales from Russia, each with a seal attached, were imported via Hull and were transported by horse and cart to the Flax Mills at West End in North Yorkshire. But Patrick Mill, Little Patrick Mill and Low Mill were all lost under the waters of Thruscross reservoir in the 1960's, however the flax seals were spread with fertilizer on the field above the mill back in the 1800's and were located by Ged Dodd on the 12th September 2013.

  These links are a step by step explanation of the seals in the PeaceHavens Collection which helped  rewrite the books on Russian Flax Bale Seals.