Heritage Lottery Fund - £726000 : 20 Apr 1999 : Kent Windmills Restoration Programme

Meopham,
Green and Windmill c1965
Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection

Meopham, the Green and Windmill c1960, Kent
Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection
smock millPhotos: (1) Coles Finch (a) w/o with 4 sails (b) w/o with 2 sails (2) West (a) as preserved, with no shutters or working fan (3) NMR (a) w/o with 2 sails, June 1932 (b) with shutters removed from 2 surviving sails, Sept 1934 (c) with shutters removed from the 2 surviving sails, June 1936 (d) with shutters removed from 2 surviving sails, plus blades of fan missing, 1942 (e-f) as preserved, 1962 (g-i) internal views (4) CKS (a) w/o (b) with 2 sails, mid-C20 (c) as preserved, 1960s or 70s, with no shutters or working fan (d) preserved, as West (5) Hiscock and Grierson (a) w/o, 1905 (b-c) w/o, c1910 (6) Turpin (WIK) (a-c) preserved with some shutters in sails, 1970s (7) Haselfoot (a) preserved with some shutters in sails, late 1970s (8) Carley (a) as preserved, 1960s or 1970s (b) during restoration, with scaffolding up and one sail being removed or fitted (9) GL (a) w/o, early C20 (b) as preserved, c1966 (c) as preserved, 1960s or 70s (middle distance, seen across green) (d) new sails being fitted, c1978 (10) UOK (MC) (a) w/o with 2 sails, June 1932 (b) w/o with 2 sails, September 1934 (c-e) disused with 2 sail frames, February 1943 (f-g) disused with 2 sail frames, April 1950
Images from Historic England - hover over image to see copyright info, and to enable zoom
Wrotham Road, Meopham, Gravesham, Kent, DA13 0AQ
18 Feb 2003 - Photograph (Digital)