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Monument details
HER Number: | TQ 76 NE 1352 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Luton Mill (or Manwaring's Mill) - Now under Downsview, Luton |
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Summary
A Smock Mill, used for corn. Built in 1849 and shown on the OS 1st Edition map. Burnt down in 1877
Grid Reference: | TQ 7701 6584 |
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Map Sheet: | TQ76NE |
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Parish: | ROCHESTER & CHATHAM, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SMOCK MILL (Post Medieval - 1849 AD to 1887 AD)
Full description
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A Smock Mill, used for corn. Built in 1849 and shown on the OS 1st Edition map (Shown in an advertisement in may 1852 from the South East Gazette that the mill was "built within the last three years". (1) Burnt down in 1877 and only Mill house is shown in the OS 2nd Edition map. (2 & 3)
<1> Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 1st edition 1862-1875): Landmark Epoch 1 (Map). SKE30964.
<2> Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 2nd Edition, 1897-1900): Landmark Epoch 2 (Map). SKE30965.
<3> 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> | Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 2nd Edition, 1897-1900): Landmark Epoch 2. |
<3> | Bibliographic reference: Finch, W.C.. 1933. Watermills & windmills: A historical survey of their rise , decline and fall as portrayed by those of Kent. |