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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 25 NE 290 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Mount Ephraim Mill (former site) |
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Summary
Mount Ephraim Mill was a corn Post Mill constructed in 1735 and was blown down in 1955.
| Grid Reference: | TR 2923 5810 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR25NE |
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| Parish: | ASH, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- POST MILL (Post Medieval to Modern - 1735 AD to 1955 AD)
Full description
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Mount Ephraim Mill was a corn post mill constructed in 1735 and blown down in 1955. The mill is labelled on the second edition OS Map (1897-1900) but is probably visible on the first edition map (1862-1875) (1).A post mill of which was moved to the site in 1818. The mill was built in 1735 and originally stood at Ringleton, approximately half a mile away, where it was shown on a map of 1769. The mill stopped work for two years in 1877, but was bought and repaired by Joseph Brockman in 1879-80. In 1918 production switched to cattle cake. Production ceased in 1935 (2-3). Historic England Archive material (4)
Historic England, Archive material associated with Mount Ephraim Windmill (Archive). SKE55534.
<1> Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 1st edition 1862-1875): Landmark Epoch 1 (Map). SKE30964.
<2> 1955, Extract from 'Milling', dated 5th November 1955 (Newspaper). SKE32367.
<3> Wikipedia, 2019, List of windmills in Kent (Website). SKE52140.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Archive: Historic England. Archive material associated with Mount Ephraim Windmill. |
| <1> | Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 1st edition 1862-1875): Landmark Epoch 1. |
| <2> | Newspaper: 1955. Extract from 'Milling', dated 5th November 1955. |
| <3> | Website: Wikipedia. 2019. List of windmills in Kent. |
