Monument record 0078700000 - MILL FARM, GREAT HORWOOD

Summary

Historical records of smock mill being moved to this site in the late nineteenth century and converted to windmill. A brick tower mill dated 1878. The sails were missing when it was photographed in 1934 which was mostly demolished in 1939.

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Type and Period (2)

  • SMOCK MILL (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
  • WINDMILL (19th Century to Modern - 1886 AD? to 1939 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Radius 0212 cm
Plan Form - CIRCULAR
REBUILT FROM SMOCK MILL BROUGHT FROM ELSEWHERE IN PARISH,1878 (5). NOT ON 1848 INCLOSURE MAP (7). AUXILIARY STEAM ENGINE REPLACED BY OIL,1898 (2,3). DAMAGED 1914-18 (7). DESCRIBED 1937 (4). DEMOLISHED SAVE FOR 1 STOREY BRICK BASE,1939. CORRUGATED IRON ROOF. 'AEW 1886 GE' ON BRICKS BY DOOR (5-6)

Sources (11)

  • <1>SBC20217 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1878-80. OS 1st Edition 6 inch map: Sheet 19.
  • <2>SBC1983 Bibliographic reference: BUCKINGHAM EXPRESS 5TH NOV 1898 (COPY, CAS FILE).
  • <3>SBC4527 Bibliographic reference: ELAND G 1923 IN BUCKS P44.
  • <4>SBC14630 Bibliographic reference: SMITH D 1937 ENGLISH WINDMILLS 2 P141.
  • <5>SBC5456 Unpublished document: Stanley Freese. 1946. Freese manuscript notes on windmills and watermills of Bucks.
  • <6>SBC14610 Bibliographic reference: SMITH AC 1976 WINDMILLS IN BUCKS &OXON P17 & ILLUS P9.
  • <7>SBC2132 Bibliographic reference: BULL EJ (CMAG) FROM LOCAL INFORMATION.
  • <8>SBC14557 Bibliographic reference: SIMMONS COLLECTION OF RECORDS RELATING TO BRITISH WINDMILLS & WATERMILLS (IN SCIENCE MUSEUM, LONDON).
  • <9>SBC574 Verbal communication: Andrew Pike (BCM). 1982. Pers Comm following field visit May 1982.
  • <10>SBC6596 Bibliographic reference: INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY RECORD CARD 23 04 03 (FILED ). NRI01; BF001942; BU13.
  • <11>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE). Insert 2000; Update 1999, 2011, and 2012.

Location

Grid reference SP 76550 29930 (point)
Civil Parish GREAT HORWOOD, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC13494)
  • Event - Survey: National Record of Industrial Monuments (National Recording Project) (EBC18866)

Record last edited

Apr 21 2026 2:54PM

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