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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 76 SW 496
Type of record:Monument
Name:Blue Bell Hill Mill, Mill Lane, Blue Bell Hill

Summary

A Smock Mill, used for corn. It was built around 1833 and shown in the OS 1st Edition map. Blown down in 1890.


Grid Reference:TQ 7471 6212
Map Sheet:TQ76SW
Parish:AYLESFORD, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

Monument Types

  • SMOCK MILL (Post Medieval - 1833 AD? to 1890 AD)

Full description

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A Smock Mill, used for corn. It was built around 1833 and shown in the OS 1st Edition map. (1) Blown down in 1890. (2)


Wikipedia, 2019, List of windmills in Kent (Website). SKE52140.

<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
---Website: Wikipedia. 2019. List of windmills in Kent.
<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.