Monument record MLI53128 - Scothern Windmill

Summary

Former windmill to the south of Scothern. No longer extant and now visible as a largely ploughed out earthwork.

Type and Period (2)

  • (Post Medieval to Edwardian - 1540 AD? to 1910 AD?)
  • (Post Medieval to Modern - 1540 AD? to 2050 AD)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

A windmill once stood here, on land to the south of Scothern. The mill was working up to c.1910, when it was replaced by an oil driven engine mill in the village. The house opposite probably belonged to the miller. The mound upon which the mill stood remains. {1}{2} Brick foundations of the mill are exposed on the site, and half a former millstone is visible. The name of the field in which the mill stood is recorded as 'Millhole Leys' in 1728 and a windmill was recorded in 1629. Whether this was the windmill with cottage and garden listed among the appurtenances of Barlings Abbey's Manor at the Dissolution is unclear. The mound may therefore possibly be of medieval date. An earthwork survey of the mound was made in 1982, and the remains are discernible on aerial photography of this area. {3}{4}{5}

Sources/Archives (5)

  •  Index: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Card Index. TF 07 NW: 19.
  •  Index: Lincolnshire County Council. Sites and Monuments Record Card Index. TF 07 NW: AU.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: P.L. Everson, C.C. Taylor and C.J. Dunn. 1991. Change and Continuity: Rural Settlement in North-West Lincolnshire. Archive Notes.
  •  Graphic Material: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1982. Earthwork Survey of Scothern Windmill. Plan 1631.
  •  Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. TF0376: LI.543.1.2.

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Grid reference Centred TF 0339 7697 (39m by 34m)
Civil Parish SCOTHERN, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Dec 23 2021 10:58AM

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