Ripple Mill, Ringwould

Infobox Windmill
name = Ripple Windmill


caption = The mill under restoration
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location_of_mill = TR 362 490
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built = Early nineteenth century
purpose = Corn mill
type = Smock mill
storeys = Three storey smock
base_storeys = Single storey base
roundhouse_storeys =
smock_sides = Eight sided
sail_number = Four
sail_type = Single Patent sails
windshaft = cast iron
winding = Fantail
fantail_blades = Six blades
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pairs_of_millstones=
stone_size =
saw_type =
pump_type =
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other = Restored mill has the windshaft from Shiremark Mill, Capel fitted.

Ripple Windmill is a Grade II listedcite web| url= http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?pid=2&id=428184| publisher = English Heritage| title = RIPPLE WINDMILL, DOVER ROAD (west side), RIPPLE, DOVER, KENT| accessdate= 2008-04-18] Smock mill in Ringwould, Kent, England that was built in Drellingore and moved to Ringwould in the early nineteenth century. Having been stripped of machinery and used as a television mast, it is now under restoration as a working windmill.

History

A windmill was marked on Robert Morden's map of 1695, a coastal map of Kent dated 1770 and the 1819-43 Ordnance Survey map. "Ripple mill" was built in the early nineteenth century at Drellingore, in the Hawkinge parish. When the mill was moved, it was sectioned by cutting the cant posts in half lengthways, and bolting them back together at the new site. One such cant post can still be seen in the mill. A girl was killed by being struck by one o the sails, which came close to the ground, circa 1834. In 1895, Trinity House contributed towards repairs to the mill, which was marked as a navigational landmark. The mill lost two sails in 1927 and worked after that on the other two sails, assisted by an oil engine.cite book | first = William| last = Coles Finch| year = 1933| title = Watermills and Windmills| pages = p253-54| publisher = C W Daniel Company| location = London] The mill was working during the Second World War but in 1947 the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings decided not to issue an appeal to restore the mill due to a lack of local support. In 1955, the mill was acquired by Rediffusion Ltd and stripped of machinery. The smock was festooned with aerials and used as a television relay station.cite book | first = Jenny| last = West| year = 1973| title = The Windmills of Kent| pages = p63-64| publisher = Charles Skilton Ltd.| location = London| id = SBN 284-98534-1] Rediffusion sold the mill in 1976. The new cap was placed on the mill in 1994, with the windshaft from Shiremark Mill, Capel, Surrey.cite web| url= http://www.millsarchive.com/Kent/MillPageData/MillContainer.aspx?millID=2790| publisher = The Mills Archive Trust| title = Ripple, Ripple Mill, Smock mill, Cereal Milling| accessdate= 2008-04-17]

Description

"Ripple Mill" is a three storey smock mill on a single storey brick base. There is no stage. It has four single patent sails and a Kentish style cap. The mill is winded by a fantail. The mill had three pairs of millstones, driven underdrift.

Millers

*John Mummery 1833 - 1849
*Henry Mummery 1845 - 1852
*William Mummery
*W Davison 1862
*Edwin Pope 1878
*George Simpson
*John E Monins (died during WW2)References for above:-cite web| url= http://www.millarchive.com/kent/millpeople/Kent%20Mill%20People.htm| publisher = The Mills Archive Trust| title = Directory of Kent Mill People| accessdate= 2008-04-17]

References

External links

* [http://www.windmillworld.com/millid/2790.htm Windmill World page] on the mill.