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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 24 NW 238 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Breach Downs Mill, Barham (former site) |
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Summary
Breach Downs Mill was a smock mill constructed at some point before 1875 and demolished before 1896.
| Grid Reference: | TR 2068 4898 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR24NW |
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| Parish: | BARHAM, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SMOCK MILL (Post Medieval - 1872 AD? to 1896 AD?)
Full description
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Breach Downs Mill was a smock mill constructed at some point before 1875 and demolished before 1896 (1). It appears on the first edition OS Map (1862-1875) but not on the second edition OS Map (1897-1900) (2).
Wikipedia, 2019, List of windmills in Kent (Website). SKE52140.
<1> Coles Finch, W., 1933, Watermills and Windmills (Monograph). SKE32368.
<2> Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 1st edition 1862-1875): Landmark Epoch 1 (Map). SKE30964.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Website: Wikipedia. 2019. List of windmills in Kent. |
| <1> | Monograph: Coles Finch, W.. 1933. Watermills and Windmills. |
| <2> | Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 1st edition 1862-1875): Landmark Epoch 1. |
