Pitstone Windmill, Pitstone

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

This Grade II* Listed post mill was in existence by the 17th century. Several dates are inscribed in the building, the earliest of which would seem to be 1627 (although it the inscription has been read as 1687 or 1697). It ceased working after the tail and sails were destroyed by a storm in 1902 and fell into disrepair. In 1937 it was given to the National Trust. It was restored to working condition by the Pitstone Windmill Restoration Trust Committee between 1963-70. With a black weather-boarded buck above a roundhouse, it has 4 common sails, adjusted from ground level. The mill remains in workable condition, although fixed in direction.

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Alternative names	Ivinghoe Mill
Power source	Wind
Mill type	Post mill
Mill function	Corn mill
Archive ID	1713
Location	Pitstone
Historic county	Buckinghamshire
Country	England, United Kingdom
NGR	SP 94509 15677
Latitude/longitude	51.83176200, -0.62989600

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Anthony Bryan, Mills Research Group Database
Buckinghamshire County Museum Archaeological Group, "Buckinghamshire Windmills" (Records of Bucks, 20 (4), 1978)
Hillier, Roger & David Wray, Pitstone windmill : the rescue of an ancient landmark (Choir Press, 2016)
Historic England National Heritage List for England
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/pitstone-windmill
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, Buckinghamshire XXX (1884)
Smith, Arthur C, Windmills in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire: a contemporary survey (Stevenage Museum publications, 1976)
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