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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 74 SE 20 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Windmill, Staplehurst |
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Summary
A smock mill built in the 18th century. The mill was used as a cereals mill, but had been left to go derelict after 1882. On 22nd June 1911, the mill was burnt down by the villagers to celebrate Coronation Day. The base of the mill now remains.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 787 430 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ74SE |
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| Parish: | STAPLEHURST, MAIDSTONE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- WINDMILL (Post Medieval to Modern - 1799 AD to 1911 AD)
Full description
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A smock mill built in the 18th century. The mill was used as a cereals mill, but had been left to go derelict after 1882. On 22nd June 1911, the mill was burnt down by the villagers to celebrate Coronation Day. The base of the mill now remains. (1-2)
Historic england archive material: BF002573 SMOCK MILL, STAPLEHURST
<1> A A Bryan, 1998, Windmill gazetteer for England (Monograph). SKE55552.
<2> 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> | Monograph: A A Bryan. 1998. Windmill gazetteer for England. |
| <2>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: #68182 Mill, ] |
