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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 76 NW 896
Type of record:Monument
Name:St Margaret's Mill (also known as Horsnaill's Mill or Church Mill -

Summary

A Post Mill, used for corn. Built before 1769. It is shown on Hasted's map 'A mill is also visable in this possition on a painitng dated c.1730' and is shown on OS 1st Edition map. It was demolished in around 1880.


Grid Reference:TQ 7396 6790
Map Sheet:TQ76NW
Parish:ROCHESTER & CHATHAM, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • POST MILL (Post Medieval - 1730 AD? to 1889 AD?)

Full description

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A Post Mill, used for corn. Built before 1769. It is shown on Hasted's map 'A mill is also visable in this possition on a painitng dated c.1730' and is shown on OS 1st Edition map. (1) It was demolished in around 1880. (2)


<1> Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 1st edition 1862-1875): Landmark Epoch 1 (Map). SKE30964.

<2> Finch, W.C., 1933, Watermills & windmills: A historical survey of their rise , decline and fall as portrayed by those of Kent (Bibliographic reference). SKE16305.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 1st edition 1862-1875): Landmark Epoch 1.
<2>Bibliographic reference: Finch, W.C.. 1933. Watermills & windmills: A historical survey of their rise , decline and fall as portrayed by those of Kent.