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Composite mill, Hillesden

A wind-powered corn mill in the historic county of Buckinghamshire, England.

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This post mill had 6 sails and was built in the late 19th century. It stood until the 1930s.

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Power source Wind
Mill type Composite mill
Mill function Corn mill
Archive ID 1670
Location Hillesden
Historic county Buckinghamshire
Country England, United Kingdom
NGR SP 6757 2818
Latitude/longitude 51.94820900, -1.01931840

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References

  • Anthony Bryan, Mills Research Group Database
  • Buckinghamshire Windmills, Offprinted from Records of Bucks, Vol XX, Part 4 (Buckinghamshire County Museum Archaeological Group,1978)
  • Ordnance Survey six-inch map, Buckinghamshire XVIII.SW (1900)
  • Smith, Arthur C, Windmills in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire: a contemporary survey (Stevenage Museum publications, 1976), p. 22

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