Monument record COM 008 - Upper Mill

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Summary

Upper Mill/s.

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 020 538 (9m by 9m)
Map sheet TM05SW
Civil Parish COMBS, MID SUFFOLK, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Upper Mill/s. Old post mill with single storey roundhouse. It ceased to work circa 1922 and was pulled down in the late 1920s. The roundhouse remaining as a store. There were four patent sails, two pairs of stones and a fantail (S1).
Close to Battisford parish boundary.
First mapped in 1736 (S2)(S3)(R1).

Sources/Archives (7)

  • --- Article in serial: A, A. Bryan. 1998. Windmill gazetteer for England.
  • <R1> (No record type): Kirby, J.. Kirby, map, 1736.
  • <S1> Bibliographic reference: Dolman, P. 1978. Windmills in Suffolk: a contemporary survey.
  • <S2> Unpublished document: Flint, B.. 1979. Suffolk Windmills.
  • <S3> (No record type): Dolman P C J, letter, May 1990.
  • <S4> Index: Historic England. Related Archives/Objects from NRHE. BF004543.
  • <S5> Digital archive: Historic England. National Record Of the Historic Environment.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Apr 13 2021 3:24PM

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