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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 83 NE 11 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Windmill, High Halden |
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Summary
A corn windmill is shown on the 1st edition Ordnance survey map of c.1861 at High Halden. The site is still visible on the 3rd edition map of c.1922 and the area is now known as Millfield indicating the former use of the site.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 8964 3728 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ83NE |
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| Parish: | HIGH HALDEN, ASHFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- WINDMILL (Post Medieval to Modern - 1767 AD? (at some time) to 1929 AD? (at some time))
Full description
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A post mill built in the late 18th-early19th century. The mill building was raised in 1845, with the windshaft being replaced by an iron one in 1865. The mill ceased work in 1918 and was demolished in the 1920's, although the base was roofed over to be used as a store (1)
A corn windmill is shown on the 1st edition Ordnance survey map of c.1861 at High Halden. The site is still visible on the 3rd edition map of c.1922 and the area is now known as Millfield indicating the former use of the site.
Historic England archive material: BF002506 WINDMILL HIGH HALDEN, HIGH HALDEN 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.
Sources and further reading
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| Source description | | <1>XY | Monograph: Finch W.C.. 1933. Watermills & windmills: A historical survey of their rise, decline and fall as portrayed by those of Kent. [Mapped feature: #67889 Windmill, ] |
