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Mill:

Tower mill, Edlesborough

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

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This tower mill had become derelict and had lost its sails by 1932. By the 1970s it was in a bad condition. It was later house converted.

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Power source Wind
Mill type Tower mill
Mill function Corn mill
Archive ID 1719
Location Edlesborough
Historic county Buckinghamshire
Country England, United Kingdom
NGR SP 98233 19169
Latitude/longitude 51.86246033, -0.57484849

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References

  • Anthony Bryan, Mills Research Group Database
  • Buckinghamshire County Museum Archaeological Group, "Buckinghamshire Windmills" (Records of Bucks, 20 (4), 1978)
  • Ordnance Survey six-inch map, Buckinghamshire XXX (1884)
  • Smith, Arthur C, Windmills in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire: a contemporary survey (Stevenage Museum publications, 1976)
  • Smith, Donald, English windmills, vol 2 (Architectural Press, 1932), p. 136
  • Windmill World

Contributors

Sara & Oscar Jarman, June 2016

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