- Mile End Farm Mill, Reed
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Reed Windmill Origin Mill name Mile End Farm Mill Mill location TL 359 386
52°01′45″N 0°01′05″W / 52.02917°N 0.01806°WOperator(s) Private Year built c1822 Information Purpose Corn mill Type Tower mill Storeys Four storeys Number of sails Four sails Year lost c1900 Mile End Farm Mill is a tower mill at Reed, Hertfordshire, England which has been truncated and converted to residential accommodation.
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History
The earliest record of Mile End Farm Mill is its appearance on Andrew Bryant's map of Hertfordshire dated 1822. The mill was working until 1890 and was truncated c1900. The tower was incorporated into a house in the 1970s.[1]
Description
For an explanation of the various pieces of machinery, see Mill machinery.Mile End Farm Mill was a four storey tower mill. No details of its cap and sails, internal machinery, millstones or whether it was winded by a fantail or not are known.[1]
Millers
- William Giffen c1850-76
- Frederick Giffen 1876-89
- Thomas Clayden 1889-90
Reference for above:-[1]
References
- ^ a b c Moore, Cyril (1999). Hertfordshire Windmills and Windmillers. Sawbridgeworth: Windsup Publishing. pp. p99–100. ISBN 0 9533861 0 4.
External links
- Windmill World webpage on Mile End Farm Mill.
Categories:- Windmills in Hertfordshire
- Tower mills
- Grinding mills
- 1820s architecture
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