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Monument details

HER Number:TR 36 NE 2484
Type of record:Monument
Name:Site of a windmill, Broadstairs

Summary

Former site of a windmill.

Grid Reference:TR 39207 67825
Map Sheet:TR36NE
Parish:BROADSTAIRS AND ST PETERS, THANET, KENT

Monument Types

  • WINDMILL (Post Medieval to Modern - 1842 AD? to 1908 AD?)

Full description

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Windmill recorded as used for corn first visible on the Ordnance Survey 1877 edition [1] and still visible on the Ordnance Survey 1908 edition [2]. The site was no longer visible on the Ordnance Survey 1938 edition [3] and had been built over. The site was not visible on Google Earth photography taken in 2007 [4].

The site is shown as empty on the OS drawing of 1797. The windmill is first recorded on the Tithe Map of 1842. It is shown on the 3rd edition OS 25" mapping but had been demolished by the time of the 4th edition.

Mill known as Pierremont Mill.[5]


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

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1858-73, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897, 1877/1:2500 (Map). SWX11831.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1905-10, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912, 1908/1:2500 (Map). SWX11833.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1928-1947, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 4th edition 1928-1947, 1938/1:2500 (Map). Ske12644.

<4> Google Earth, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 02-MAY-2007 ACCESSED 18-JAN-2011 (Graphic material). SWX15704.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
---Website: Wikipedia. 2019. List of windmills in Kent.
<1>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1858-73. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897. 1:2500. 1877/1:2500.
<2>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1905-10. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912. 1:2500. 1908/1:2500.
<3>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1928-1947. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 4th edition 1928-1947. 1938/1:2500.
<4>Graphic material: Google Earth. EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 02-MAY-2007 ACCESSED 18-JAN-2011.