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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- The Windmill Coleshill
- Windmills in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
- Windmills in Buckinghamshire and the Chilterns
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