Monument record MLI85783 - Post mill, Kirkby Green.
Summary
Demolished post mill near Kirkby Green. Not to be confused with nearby, similarly named water-mills.
Type and Period (3)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
PRN 62948
Kirkby Green. Post mill with 'midland type roundhouse; dated 1830, moved from Digby in about 1865, ceased work 1909, collapsed 1935. Parts of the trestle and the post are said to remain near the site.{1}{2}
A post medieval cropmark enclosure to the east of Kirkby Green has been identified from aerial photographs.{3}
A post mill with a datestone of 1830 which was moved from Digby in about 1880. The mill was dismantled in 1909 and collapsed in 1935. The mill had a round house of the North Midland type and four single shuttered 'patent' sails. {4}
Sources/Archives (4)
- <1> SLI3566 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902-06. 25 Inch County Series Map - Second Edition. 1:2500. 37/12.
- <2> SLI1081 Bibliographic Reference: Dolman, P.. 1986. Lincolnshire Windmills: A Contemporary Survey. p 31.
- <3> SLI3613 Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. TF0957:LI.881.23.1.
- <4> SLI12353 Unpublished Document: Rex Wailes. 1953. Lincolnshire Windmills: Post Mills. p1.
Map
Location
Grid reference | Centred TF 093 578 (37m by 37m) |
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Non Parish Area | Kirkby Green, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
Civil Parish | SCOPWICK, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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