Nettlebed windmill, Oxfordshire 🌍


Nettlebed #1811

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(51.57928,-0.9868) (approximate location)

Smock mill function:Corn mill

Entry in Mills Archive database - #1811 - Smock mill, Nettlebed

This octagonal smock mill was moved from Watlington c1825 (where it was located at Grid ref SU 673 952). It had a boat cap, fantail, outside frames to the body, and latterly one pair of common sails, one pair of patent sails. It was offered for sale as part of a local pottery in 1894. It burned down in 1912 and there are no remains.



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