Monument record 0426900000 - BLEDLOW RIDGE

Summary

Eighteenth century post-mill recorded in nineteenth and twentieth century maps

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  • POST MILL (18th Century to Modern - 1700 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

MILL MARKED ON C19 & C20 MAPS APPROX AT NGR (B1-4).
BUILT C18, CEASED WORK IN 1913 WHEN WEATHER BEAM COLLAPSED. DISMANTLED 1933 (B5-6).
MILL MAY HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM RADNAGE (B7).
OPEN TRESTLE POST MILL. UNUSUAL AS HAS 3 NOT 2 CROSS-TREE TIMBERS & 6 NOT 4 QUARTER BARS (B8).
PHOTOS C.1910 (B9-10).
Buildings report held at NMR (B11).

Sources (11)

  • <1>SBC10494 Map: OS 2 INCH DRAFT MAP,C1822 (COPY AT BRO, REF OSD 11 ).
  • <2>SBC1967 Map: Andrew Bryant. 1825. Map of the County of Buckinghamshire. Printed map. Linen. 1.5 inches:1 mile.
  • <3>SBC7577 Map: LIPSCOMB 2 (FRONTISPIECE MAP).
  • <4>SBC10352 Map: OS 1922 SIX INCH MAP.
  • <5>SBC16327 Bibliographic reference: John Vince. 1976. Windmills in Buckinghamshire and the Chilterns. pp16-17.
  • <6>SBC14599 Bibliographic reference: SMITH A C 1976 WINDMILLS IN BUCKS & OXFORDSHIRE P2 2.
  • <7>SBC5456 Unpublished document: Stanley Freese. 1946. Freese manuscript notes on windmills and watermills of Bucks.
  • <8>SBC14624 Bibliographic reference: SMITH D 1932 ENGLISH WINDMILLS 2 PP129-130 & ILLUS . P119.
  • <9>SBC12245 Unpublished document: Information from the Underhill Collection (Ms 185) an album of early 20th century photos in Museum of the History of Science, Oxford).
  • <10>SBC11477 Bibliographic reference: P GIMSON MS PAPERS VOL 6 (HELD BY MRS GIMSON) (PHOTOCOPIED EXTRACT &.
  • <11>SBC23358 Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2006. NMR Buildings Reports. BF001922.

Location

Grid reference SU 79740 97810 (point)
Civil Parish BLEDLOW-CUM-SAUNDERTON, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Apr 17 2025 4:40PM

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