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Tiptree #2461

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Map/aerial photo of the area around the mill

tower mill function:Corn mill - house converted

Mill ID 2461
Tiptree, , 1986
© Ken Forrest Collection

Entry in Mills Archive database - #2461 - Messing Maypole Mill, Tiptree

Muggeridge Collection photos

Messing Maypole Mill, Tiptree [2015-09-05] - HD

Stefan Czapski

Tiptree Windmill [2015-08-14]

Robin Webster

Tiptree Windmill [2013-02-12] - HD

John Myers

Tiptree windmill and nearby houses [2009-12-05]

Andrew Hill

Tiptree Windmill, Essex [2006-03-13]

Robert Edwards

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Listed Building, Grade II: WINDMILL (listed 1952-06-23)

,Tiptree, the Windmill c1955, Essex,
Tiptree, the Windmill c1955, Essex
Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection

Essex Countryside references

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Details from the English Windmills Photographic Register by Guy Blythman
tower mill
Photos: (1) Farries 5 (a) w/o (2) Farries 2 (a) w/o (3) Wailes (EW) (a) great spur wheel (b) disused with sail frames (4) Turpin (WIE) (a) house-converted with stocks removed (5) NMR (a) house-converted with stocks, June 1933 (b) house-converted with sail frames (c) house-converted with stocks, 1952 (6) UOK (MC) (a) disused with stocks, June 1938 (b) ditto, May 1942 (7) TC (a) becoming derelict, with four sails and some remains of fan (b-c) ditto, 16th May 1919 (d) ditto, 23rd January 1919 (8) Col.l (a) disused with sails (9) ERO (FC) (a-d) disused with stocks, March 1959 (e) disused with stocks (f-h) w/o, partly retouched, postmark-ed December 1905 (i-j) windshaft and brakewheel, April 1962 (k-l) disused with sail frames (m) disused with sail frames, 1919 (n) disused with stocks, 1936 (o-p) disused with stocks, April 1962 (q) view of internal gearing, April 1962 (r) parts of brakewheel, cap frame, and part of curb with centring wheels, April 1962 (s) looking up at spider, April 1962 (t) looking up at rear of cap, April 1962 (u) cap frame and tail bearing of windshaft, April 1962 (v) part of windshaft and cap frame, April 1962 (w-y) rear overhang of cap with winding gear (10) ECC (DEW) (a) house-converted with cap (12) Turpin (WIE) (a) house-converted with cap

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WINDMILL
Windmill, Church Road, Tiptree, Colchester, Essex, CO5 0HB
15 Aug 1999 - Photograph (Digital)
From the Images of England project
International Mill Database Entry:
id 51271
name Messing Maypole tower mill
drive power recent none
drive power originally windmill
mill type tower mill
function type grain mill
condition type no technique
use today private residence
map location 51.81615,0.746575
country United Kingdom
state England
county Essex
municipality Colchester
city Tiptree
street Millwrights
description House converted tower mill retaining cap, windshaft, upright shaft, spurwheel and millstones on ground floor hurst frame
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