Monument record 0429100000 - SE OF CUDDINGTON MILL
Summary
Windmill marked on nineteenth century maps, known to have been demolished in the early twentieth century
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (1)
- POST MILL (19th Century to Modern - 1800 AD to 1999 AD)
Description
MAP OF 1825 SHOWS A WINDMILL APPROX AT NGR (B1).
OS MAP MARKS 'WINDMILL (CORN)' AT NGR (B2).
MILL HAS INSCRIPTION 'THIS MILL WAS ERECTED BY JEREMIAH SILVER IN 1802' AND WAS BROUGHT [TO CUDDINGTON] FROM A PREVIOUS SITE AT HULCOTT. MILL WAS A FINE BIG POST & ROUNDHOUSE STRUCTURE & WAS ALWAYS PAINTED WHITE (B3).
ILLUSTRATION OF CUDDINGTON WINDMILL IN FULL SAIL IN 1894. REEFING ROPES ARE VISIBLE ON THE SAILS; ALSO THE BRAKE-ROPE TRAILING OVER THE ROUND-HOUSE ROOF. DEMOLISHED C.1925 (B4).
MILL HAD COMMON SAILS & BRICK ROUNDHOUSE WITH A TILED ROOF (B5).
PHOTO OF MILL IN JULY 1907 SHOWS A FINE POST MILL, WITH COMMON SAILS, A BRICK && TILED ROUNDHOUSE, TAILPOST & LADDER (B6).
SEE ALSO CASS 01980.
Sources (6)
- <1>SBC1967 Map: Andrew Bryant. 1825. Map of the County of Buckinghamshire. Printed map. Linen. 1.5 inches:1 mile.
- <2>SBC27299 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1885. 1st edition 6 inch OS map, Bucks county sheet 32. Paper. 1:10560.
- <3>SBC5456 Unpublished document: Stanley Freese. 1946. Freese manuscript notes on windmills and watermills of Bucks.
- <4>SBC5466 Bibliographic reference: Stanley Freese. 1957. Windmills and Millwrighting. p.ix & plate 4.
- <5>SBC16327 Bibliographic reference: John Vince. 1976. Windmills in Buckinghamshire and the Chilterns. p18.
- <6>SBC12245 Unpublished document: Information from the Underhill Collection (Ms 185) an album of early 20th century photos in Museum of the History of Science, Oxford).
Location
| Grid reference | SP 73060 10900 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | CUDDINGTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Apr 17 2025 5:44PM
