Monument record 0269801000 - IBSTONE WINDMILL

Mention of building a windmill in Ibstone in 1293-4 when expense was partly offset by sale of 400 trees from Westgrove. Sales again high in 1355-6 when a substantial sum was spent on repairing the mill (B1).
The windmill was built, at considerable expense, in 1293-4. Timber and craftsmen were brought from Surrey and Berkshire, while mill stones were imported from Europe through London. Within thirty years the building was derelict: planks and boards had been stolen and it was described as being in an extremely bad state 'through lack of a roof and several defects'. Extensive repairs were undertaken in 1339-40, but six years later a tenant could not be found for the full year. The mill continued to grind, on and off, worked sometimes by the manor and sometimes by a lessee, until 1349, when issue was said to be small 'because of the death of men'. During the following years the building was often vacant and was eventually burnt down in 1370-1. A few bits of machinery were salvaged from the ruins and by 1400 it had been rebuilt (B6).
Windmill on Copstone Hill known from C17, possible that medieval mill was on same site. See CAS 02445.