Lacey Green Windmill, Lacey Green

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

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An important smock mill that has been restored. It was removed from Chesham in 1821, having originally been built c1650, and is said to be the oldest smock mill in England. Having become derelict, it underwent restoration by the Chiltern Society in the 1970s. Before that it was used for corn milling and operated with four patent sails. The gearing was entirely of wood. The mill is Grade II* Listed.

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References

• Anthony Bryan, Mills Research Group Database
• Buckinghamshire County Museum Archaeological Group, "Buckinghamshire Windmills" (Records of Bucks, 20 (4), 1978)
• Historic England National Heritage List for England
• https://www.laceygreenwindmill.org.uk/
• Major, J K, SPAB Mills Section Record Card (1973)
• Ordnance Survey six-inch map, Buckinghamshire XXXVII (1885)
• Smith, Arthur C, Windmills in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire: a contemporary survey (Stevenage Museum publications, 1976)
• Windmill World

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Sara & Oscar Jarman, May 2016, January 2017

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