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Monument details

HER Number:TR 14 SE 43
Type of record:Monument
Name:Elham Windmill (site of), Mill Down

Summary

Windmill shown on 1st and 2nd Ed OS 6" maps for flour and 3rd Ed for Corn. Site shown covered by Elham Valley Water Company Reservoir on the 4th Ed onwards.

Grid Reference:TR 1801 4213
Map Sheet:TR14SE
Parish:ELHAM, SHEPWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • WINDMILL (Demolished between 1906 and 1947, Post Medieval to Modern - 1790 AD? to 1947 AD?)

Full description

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TR 17964218. Windmill shown on 1st and 2nd Ed OS 6" maps for flour and 3rd Ed for Corn. Site shown covered by Elham Vally Water Company Reservoir on the 4th Ed onwards.

(TR 179421) Elham Mill (NAT) (2)

Windmill not shown, and site covered by a reservoir on OS 1:10000 1977. (3)

A windmill formerly existed at Elham. (4, 6)

No mill is shown on the map of Loningborough and Folkestone Hundreds in Hasted. (8)


<1> OS 6" 1908 (OS Card Reference). SKE48323.

<2> F1 ASP 29.04.63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42337.

<4> OS 1:10000 1977 (OS Card Reference). SKE48162.

<5> R1 DJG 13 5 87 (OS Card Reference). SKE48930.

<6> West, J., 1973, The Windmills of Kent, Windmills of Kent 1979 108 (J West) (Monograph). SKE7965.

<7> Phillips, A., 1963, Field report for monument TR 14 SE 43 - April, 1963 (Unpublished document). SKE5439.

<8> Hasted, E, 1798, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent Volume 8, Map of Folkestone Hundered between page 78 & 79 (Monograph). SKE7940.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1908.
<2>OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 29.04.63.
<4>OS Card Reference: OS 1:10000 1977.
<5>OS Card Reference: R1 DJG 13 5 87.
<6>Monograph: West, J.. 1973. The Windmills of Kent. Windmills of Kent 1979 108 (J West).
<7>Unpublished document: Phillips, A.. 1963. Field report for monument TR 14 SE 43 - April, 1963.
<8>XYMonograph: Hasted, E. 1798. The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent Volume 8. Map of Folkestone Hundered between page 78 & 79. [Mapped feature: #42837 windmill, ]