Exploring Kent's Past

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Monument details

Summary

A smock built in the early 19th century. During it's lifetime, the mill was raised onto a brick base. After the mill ceased work in 1914, the base was converted into a house. A corn windmill is shown on the Ordnance Survey 1st edition map of c.1961 and is still present on the 3rd edition of c.1922. The site was located to the south extent of the town and the area is now at the edge of a recreation ground. Little else is known about the history of the mill itself.

Monument Types

• WINDMILL (Post Medieval to Modern - 1700 AD? (at some time) to 2050 AD? (at some time))

Full description

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A smock built in the early 19th century. During it's lifetime, the mill was raised onto a brick base. After the mill ceased work in 1914, the base was converted into a house. (1)

A corn windmill is shown on the Ordnance Survey 1st edition map of c.1961 and is still present on the 3rd edition of c.1922. The site was located to the south extent of the town and the area is now at the edge of a recreation ground. Little else is known about the history of the mill itself.

Historic England archive material: BF002460 TOWN WINDMILL, BIDDENDEN File of material relating to a site or building. This material has not yet been fully catalogued. Copyright, date, and quantity information for this record may be incomplete or inaccurate.

<1> Finch W.C., 1933, Watermills & windmills: A historical survey of their rise, decline and fall as portrayed by those of Kent (Monograph). SKE16113.

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