Big Mill, Burwell
A wind-powered coprolite mill and corn mill in the historic county of Cambridgeshire, England.
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Built in 1812 to grind corn. By c. 1850 it was used to grind coprolites, but by the 1880s it had reverted back to corn milling.
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Power source | Wind |
Mill type | Tower mill |
Mill function | Coprolite mill, Corn mill |
Archive ID | 2396 |
Location | Burwell |
Historic county | Cambridgeshire |
Country | England, United Kingdom |
NGR | TL 591 666 |
Latitude/longitude | 52.27456488, 0.33072241 |
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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 XXXV.16 (1902)
- Windmill World
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