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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 76 NE 321 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Post medieval windmill, Windmill Road, Gillingham |
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Summary
A windmill in use as a cornmill on what was Windmill Lane (now Windmill Road). It is marked on the 1st and 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map (c.1858-1898).
| Grid Reference: | TQ 77021 67333 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ76NE |
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| Parish: | GILLINGHAM, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SMOCK MILL (Post Medieval - 1858 AD? to 1897 AD (pre))
Full description
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OS map, listed. sheet 19 shows windmill on what was then mill lane. Used as a cornmill. (1)
A windmill is shown on or near this site on the Symonson map of Kent (1596). (2)
This smock mill was known as Upberry Mill, also Gilbert's Mill or Lower Chatham Hill Mill. (3)
<1> Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 1st edition 1862-1875): Landmark Epoch 1 (Map). SKE30964.
<2> Symonson, P., 1596, Symonson's Map of Kent, 1596 (Map). SKE32369.
<3> Coles Finch, W., 1933, Watermills and Windmills (Monograph). SKE32368.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 1st edition 1862-1875): Landmark Epoch 1. |
| <2> | Map: Symonson, P.. 1596. Symonson's Map of Kent, 1596. |
| <3> | Monograph: Coles Finch, W.. 1933. Watermills and Windmills. |
