Chiseldon windmill, Wiltshire

Chiseldon #1767

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NGR: SU190799

(51.51839,-1.7284)

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Saxon Mill: tower mill - dismantled and moved to Swindon, a millstone has been erected nearby

Although relocated in 1983, the remains had been given listed building status just a few years earlier in 1979, and that it appears that noone thought to delist the remains. The text still reads

Former windmill. Probably early to mid C19. Lacks sails and apparently lacks machinery. Red brick with belled out bottom. Three openings above each other to north, various others. Crowning cogs mostly survive.

The millstone is included in the non-designated heritage asset list for Chisledon Parish, where the citation reads:

Site Name: Mill Stone near Butts Road Cemetery. Note – is Listed.
Site address: Footpath between Saxon Mill and Butts Road cemetery. Chiseldon
Description of why it is important including any historical significance: The windmill was built in the 1820s and went out of use in the 1880s. when it became cheaper to grind wheat from America at the port of entry. In the 1980s the tower was moved brick by brick and rebuilt in West Swindon. The money raised by the sale paid for the Chiseldon tennis courts. A millstone by the footpath near the Butts Road cemetery marks the spot where it once stood. There had been a watermill in Chiseldon which was mentioned in the Doomsday Book, probably Saxon.

Signboard says:

Chisledon windmill
This Derbyshire Peak millstone stands adjacent to the site of the brick tower mill, first built, it is believed, in 1823.
By 1894 corn milling had ceased and by the turn of the century the mill had lost its machinery and sails. After a period as a water store, the tower remained disused until 1983. Dismantled, relocated and then rebuilt, it now stands on Windmill Hill, six miles away to the West of Swindon.
The tower was presented to the St Martins Property Group by the Borough of Thamesdown and the parish of Chisledon in 1983.

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Entry in Mills Archive database - #1767

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Chiseldon windmill, Wiltshire 🌍

Chiseldon #1767