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Monument details

Summary

A post mill built in 1776 to replace an earlier mill which is seen on maps of 1596 and 1610. This mill continued as a flour mill until 1897, from when it milled mainly hog feed. The mill ceased work in 1924, and was demolished on the 5th of February 1925

Monument Types

• CORN MILL (Demolished, Post Medieval to Modern - 1776 AD to 1925 AD)
• POST MILL (Demolished, Post Medieval to Modern - 1776 AD to 1925 AD)

Full description

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A post mill built in 1776 to replace an earlier mill which is seen on maps of 1596 and 1610. This mill continued as a flour mill until 1897, from when it milled mainly hog feed. The mill ceased work in 1924, and was demolished on the 5th of February 1925 (1). It can be seen on the first edition of the Ordnance Survey 25 inch map (2-3).

Historic England Archive material: BF002474 POST MILL, BRENZETT CORNER, BRENZETT 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> 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.

<3> Wikipedia, 2019, List of windmills in Kent (Website). SKE52140.

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