Bassingbourn Mills, Bassingbourn
A wind-powered coprolite mill and corn mill in the historic county of Cambridgeshire, England.
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These 3 mills were originally used as corn mills. They were converted to use as coprolite mills in the 1880s, where they crushed fish coprolites for fertiliser. They formed a small industrial complex with a range of outbuildings and an internal railway system. Two of the mills were tower mills and one was a post mill.
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| Power source | Wind |
| Mill type | Post mill, Tower mill |
| Mill function | Coprolite mill, Corn mill |
| Archive ID | 2318 |
| Location | Bassingbourn |
| Historic county | Cambridgeshire |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| NGR | TL 339 444 |
| Latitude/longitude | 52.08169100, -0.04713400 |
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References
- Anthony Bryan, Mills Research Group Database
- Gregory, Roy, The Industrial Windmill in Britain (Phillimore, 2005) p 137
- Ordnance Survey 25 inch map, Cambridgeshire LVIII.1 (1885)
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