West Kingsdown Windmill

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West Kingsdown mill
West Kingsdown mill

West Kingsdown Windmill (TQ 582 623 51°20′17″N 0°16′12″E / 51.338, 0.270) is a Grade II listed[1] Smock mill in West Kingsdown, Kent, England that was built in the early nineteenth century at Farningham and moved to West Kingsdown in 1880.

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[edit] History

West Kingsdown Windmill was built in the early nineteenth century at Chimham's Farm, Farningham (TQ 545 671 51°22′55″N 0°13′05″E / 51.382, 0.218. It was marked on Greenwoods map of 1821 and the Farningham Tithe Map of 1840. In 1880, it was moved to West Kingsdown, joining a post mill that was already there. The post mill burnt down in May 1909. The mill was working by wind until 1928. One of the sails was damaged on 25 December 1929 and the fantail blew off in November 1930.[2] The mill was restored externally in 1960 by Thompson & Son, Millwrights of Alford, Lincolnshire[3] at a cost of £4.400.[4]

[edit] Description

For a description of the machinery, see Mill machinery.

West Kingsdown Windmill is a four storey smock mill on a single storey single storey brick base. There was a stage at first floor level. It has two double patent sails and two common sails carried on a cast iron windshaft. The mill is winded by a fantail. The original fantail had seven blades,[2] but this was replaced with a six bladed one when the mill was restored in 1960. All the machinery remains in the mill, except for the final drive to the millstones.[3]

[edit] Millers

Farningham
  • Collyer 1826 - 1850
  • William Kipping 1840
  • W Moore
  • David Norton
  • Tanner Norton - 1880
West Kingsdown
  • Tanner Norton 1880 -
  • Frank Norton
  • Cork 1929
  • Hankin


References for above:-[3][5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ KINGSDOWN MILL, PELLS LANE, WEST KINGSDOWN, SEVENOAKS, KENT. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-04-17.
  2. ^ a b Coles Finch, William (1933). Watermills and Windmills. London: C W Daniel Company, p230. 
  3. ^ a b c West, Jenny (1973). The Windmills of Kent. London: Charles Skilton Ltd., p52-54. SBN 284-98534-1. 
  4. ^ Brown, R J (1976). Windmills of England. London: Robert Hale, p112-113. ISBN 0 7091 5641 3. 
  5. ^ Directory of Kent Mill People. The Mills Archive Trust. Retrieved on 2008-04-17.

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