post mill
function:Corn mill
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Preserved - unable to turn to face wind.
Extensively restored in 2009, giving it a new external appearance with new roundhouse, rear steps,
weatherboarding and sails.
The mill was constructed in the 1680s, and rebuilt and repaired several times throughout its life. It was originally constructed for Isaac Cummings and passed through numerous owners and tenants, eventually being worked by members of the Nixey family, which led to it being given the name Nixey's Mill. The last miller Albert Nixey took over in 1906.
The mill appears to have fallen out of use during WWI, although it may have been used to grind animal feed as late as 1923. In 1927 it was sold to a local landowner and preserved by a trust. In 1947 the county council took over responsibility for maintaining the mill, and it has since been periodically repaired and restored. The mill is Grade II* Listed.
Nixey's Mill,
post millPhotos: (1) D W Smith (a) close-up of substructure (b) as preserved, c1932 (2) NMR (a-r) preserved, before building of roundhouse (s) view of upper body and breast beam (t) view of trestle (3) Freese (a) Stanley Freese fitting dummy sail cloth (b-c) fitting dummy sail cloths, 1948 (d-g) fitting new sails, 1948 (4) Vince (WIBATC) (a) as preserved (5) NMR (WC) (a) w/o, in middle distance with other post mill in distance, n.d. (b) w/o, 1907 (c) as preserved, 1965 (d) substructure, 1929 (e) wallower and stones, September 1940 (f) post, September 1940 (g) w/o, 1907 (6) BCRALSS (a) w/o, c1905 (7) MOTHOS (UC) (a) w/o, 2nd August 1907 (b-d) w/o, 10th September 1907 (8) BRO (a) w/o with roundhouse, early-mid C20 (Acc. No. RCHM PHX 214/1 Box 1 title page-50) (9) HWL (a) derelict with 4 sails, roundhouse roof disintegrating (b) view of spout floor with post and tentering gear (c) brakewheel, windshaft, sack hoist and other gearing on bin floor (d) close-up of poll end, sails and breast beam (e) view of substructure (10) Wailes (ASBOWAW) (a) w/o, early-mid C20 (11) Wailes (TEW) (a) derelict with 4 sails (12) A C Smith (WIBAO) (a-b) as preserved, May 1971 (13) Vince 1968 (a) as preserved (14) SPAB, Mills Open 2000 (a) as preserved (15) Vince 1973 (a) as preserved (16) UOK (MC) (a) as preserved without roundhouse, March 1932 (b-d) as preserved without roundhouse, June 1934 (e-i) as preserved without roundhouse, September 1943 (j) view of post, quarterbars and collar, September 1943 (k) as preserved with roundhouse, June 1947
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Brill Windmill, Windmill Street, Brill, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
1910 - 1950 - Photograph (Negative)
Brill Windmill, Windmill Street, Brill, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
1956 - Photograph (35mm Slide)
Brill Windmill, Windmill Street, Brill, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
1934 - Photograph (Negative)
Windmill, Windmill Street, Brill, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire, HP18 9SZ
18 Jul 2004 - Photograph (Digital)
Brill Windmill, Windmill Street, Brill, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
1936 - Photograph (Negative)
Brill Windmill, Windmill Street, Brill, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
1963 - Photograph (Negative)
Brill Windmill, Windmill Street, Brill, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
1963 - Photograph (Transparency)
Brill Windmill, Windmill Street, Brill, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
1963 - Photograph (Negative)
Brill Windmill, Windmill Street, Brill, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
1963 - Photograph (Negative)
Brill Windmill, Windmill Street, Brill, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
1963 - Photograph (Negative)
Brill Windmill, Windmill Street, Brill, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
1963 - Photograph (Negative)
Brill Windmill, Windmill Street, Brill, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
1963 - Photograph (Negative)
Brill Windmill, Windmill Street, Brill, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
1963 - Photograph (Negative)
Brill Windmill, Windmill Street, Brill, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
1963 - Photograph (Negative)
Brill Windmill, Windmill Street, Brill, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
1963 - Photograph (Negative)
Brill Windmill, Windmill Street, Brill, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
1963 - Photograph (Negative)
Brill Windmill, Windmill Street, Brill, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
1963 - Photograph (Negative)
Brill Windmill, Windmill Street, Brill, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
1963 - Photograph (Negative)
Brill Windmill, Windmill Street, Brill, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
1963 - Photograph (Negative)
Brill Windmill, Windmill Street, Brill, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
1963 - Photograph (Negative)
Brill Windmill, Windmill Street, Brill, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
1963 - Photograph (Negative)
Brill Windmill, Windmill Street, Brill, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
1963 - Photograph (Negative)
Brill Windmill, Windmill Street, Brill, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
1963 - Photograph (Negative)
Brill Windmill, Windmill Street, Brill, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
1963 - Photograph (Negative)
Brill Windmill, Windmill Street, Brill, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
1963 - Photograph (Negative)
Brill Windmill, Windmill Street, Brill, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
1963 - Photograph (Negative)
Brill Windmill, Windmill Street, Brill, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
1963 - Photograph (Negative)
Brill Windmill, Windmill Street, Brill, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
1963 - Photograph (Negative)
Brill Windmill, Windmill Street, Brill, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
1963 - Photograph (Negative)
Brill Windmill, Windmill Street, Brill, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
1963 - Photograph (Negative)
Brill Windmill, Windmill Street, Brill, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
1963 - Photograph (Negative)
Brill Windmill, Windmill Street, Brill, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
1963 - Photograph (Negative)
Brill Windmill, Windmill Street, Brill, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
1963 - Photograph (Negative)
Brill Windmill, Windmill Street, Brill, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
1963 - Photograph (Negative)
Brill Windmill, Windmill Street, Brill, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
1963 - Photograph (Negative)
Brill Windmill, Windmill Street, Brill, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
1983 - Photograph (35mm Slide)
Brill Windmill, Windmill Street, Brill, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
1983 - Photograph (35mm Slide)
Brill Windmill, Windmill Street, Brill, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
1983 - Photograph (35mm Slide)
(colour slide)
(W B Muggeridge plate glass negative)
(W B Muggeridge plate glass negative)
Brill Windmill, Buckinghamshire, 1934. This post mill dates from 1668, making it one of the oldest in the country. The last remaining of three mills that were once positioned on this hill, it was renovated in 1951 when a brick surround was built at ground level.
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