Tower mill, Great Horwood
A wind-powered corn mill in the historic county of Buckinghamshire, England.
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The tower was rebuilt c 1890 and was later used as a residence. By 1932 it was unused and only the tower remained. The upper storeys were dismantled when the nearby airfield was built, c 1940, and by the 1970s it was a farm shed with a corrugated iron roof.
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| Power source | Wind |
| Mill type | Tower mill |
| Mill function | Corn mill |
| Archive ID | 1688 |
| Location | Great Horwood |
| Historic county | Buckinghamshire |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| NGR | SP 765 299 |
| Latitude/longitude | 51.96232369, -0.88800409 |
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References
- Anthony Bryan, Mills Research Group Database
- Buckinghamshire County Museum Archaeological Group, "Buckinghamshire Windmills" (Records of Bucks, 20 (4), 1978)
- Major, J K, SPAB Mills Section Record Card (1968)
- 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. 141
- Vince, John, Windmills in Buckinghamshire and the chilterns (Format Publishing, 1976), p. 19
- Windmill World
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