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Grove's Mill, Coleshill

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

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Built in 1856 for Thomas Grove, this tower mill last worked c 1903. The tower is four-storey red brick, with a boat cap, and it had 4 patent sails. For a period it served as a Girl Guides Headquarters. By the 1970s it had become a house conversion, and had a windshaft but no sails.

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Power source Wind
Mill type Tower mill
Mill function Corn mill
Archive ID 1833
Location Coleshill
Historic county Buckinghamshire
Country England, United Kingdom
NGR SU 948 948
Latitude/longitude 51.64413261, -0.63071915

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References

  • Anthony Bryan, Mills Research Group Database
  • Buckinghamshire County Museum Archaeological Group, "Buckinghamshire Windmill" (Records of Bucks, 20 (4), 1978)
  • Smith, Arthur C, Windmills in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire: a contemporary survey. (Stevenage Museum publications, 1976), p. 17
  • Smith, Donald, English windmills, vol 2 (Architectural Press, 1932), p. 136
  • Vince, John, Windmills in Buckinghamshire and the chilterns (Format Publishing, 1976), p. 18
  • Windmill World

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