Monument record 0429300000 - STATION ROAD, QUAINTON

Summary

Site of eighteenth century windmill blown down in 1909 or 1910, the mill mound surviving as slight earthworks.

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (4)

  • POST MILL (Demolished 1909-1910, 18th Century to Modern - 1700 AD to 1999 AD)
  • CORN MILL (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
  • WINDMILL (18th Century to Modern - 1700 AD to 1999 AD)
  • WINDMILL MOUND (18th Century to Modern - 1700 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

WINDMILL MARKED AT APPROX NGR ON MAPS OF 1788, C1822, 1825, C1847 (B1,B2).
SAID TO HAVE BEEN RE-ERECTED HERE FROM ITS FORMER SITE AT FIELDSIDE FARM (CASS4297) (B6).
WAS THE OLD OPEN POST TYPE WITH 4 CLOTH SWEEPS & TAIL POLE; BLOWN DOWN 1909/10 (B5).
SITE MARKED BY SLIGHT MOUND 1983 (B7).

Sources (9)

  • <1>SBC6752 Map: JEFFREYS T 1788 MAP OF BUCKS; OS C1822 2IN DRAFT M AP; BRYANT A 1825 MAP OF BUCKS.
  • <2>SBC7475 Map: LIPSCOMB 1 MAP OPPOSITE PVIII.
  • <3>SBC12383 Bibliographic reference: POSSE COMITATUS 1798 (MS AT BRO REF L/P/15 &16).
  • <4>SBC10237 Bibliographic reference: OS 1878/85 6IN 1ST EDITION.
  • <5>SBC5449 Unpublished document: FREESE 1946 MS NOTES.
  • <6>SBC15024 Verbal communication: TAYLOR (MR) 1980 (DEC) PERS COMM, VIA MR RODWELL.
  • <7>SBC13765 Verbal communication: 1983. RODWELL G 1983 (JULY) PERS COMM, & FIELD VISIT WITH ARP.
  • <8>SBC12245 Unpublished document: Information from the Underhill Collection (Ms 185) an album of early 20th century photos in Museum of the History of Science, Oxford).
  • <9>SBC5194 Article in serial: Mary Farnell. 1982. 'The Account Books of William Cooper, Millwright of Aylesbury', in Records of Buckinghamshire 24 pp118-124. Vol 24.

Location

Grid reference SP 74120 19210 (point)
Civil Parish QUAINTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC17307)

Record last edited

Apr 17 2025 3:36PM

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