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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 03 SE 93 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Windmill, newchurch |
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Summary
A tower mill built in 1810 by the Rev.Nares. The mill, built of brick from the material from the Old Rectory, made flour until 1890, when it started to mill only corn. The mill ceased work in 1901, with the building being demolished in 1906. The base of the mill has been roofed over and is now used as a store
| Grid Reference: | TR 05812 31229 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR03SE |
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| Parish: | NEWCHURCH, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- WINDMILL (WINDMILL, Post Medieval to Modern - 1810 AD to 1906 AD)
Full description
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Windmill, newchurch
Description from record TR 03 SE 10 :
(TR 058312) Tower Windmill (NAT) (1) TR 058313. Remains of a windmill in a narrow lane to the east of Newchurch Church by Mill House. Tower Windmill. Originally a tower mill, only a part now remains. Above the door it has an inscription `Tower Mill, 1840' Milling ended c. 1900, and the tower was reduced in height and used as a store. (2-3)
Historic England archive material: BF002534 TOWER MILL, NEWCHURCH 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> OS 1:10000 1978 (OS Card Reference). SKE48163.
<2> Windmills of Kent 1979 102 (J West) (OS Card Reference). SKE51371.
<3> 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
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | OS Card Reference: OS 1:10000 1978. [Mapped feature: #68012 Mill, ] |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Windmills of Kent 1979 102 (J West). |
| <3> | Monograph: Finch W.C.. 1933. Watermills & windmills: A historical survey of their rise, decline and fall as portrayed by those of Kent. |
