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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 84 SW 18 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Windmill, Headcorn |
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Summary
Windmil (aka Black Mill)l, Headcorn.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 82 44 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ84SW |
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| Parish: | HEADCORN, MAIDSTONE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SMOCK MILL (Post Medieval to Modern - 1760 AD to 1910 AD)
- WINDMILL (WINDMILL, Post Medieval to Modern - 1760 AD to 1910 AD)
Full description
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Windmill, headcorn
A smock mill built in the 1760's - it appears as a new mill on a 1769 map. In 1846 a steam mill was also installed to work alongside the mill, so that five pairs of stones were working in all. The mill ceased to work in about 1890 and was pulled down completely in 1910.
Also known as Black Mill (1)
<1> Coles Finch, W., 1933, Watermills and Windmills (Monograph). SKE32368.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | Monograph: Coles Finch, W.. 1933. Watermills and Windmills. [Mapped feature: #67909 windmill, ] |
