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OXFORD, April 16. On Tuesday last the following melancholy accident happened at Heddington windmill near this city. Cooper, the miller, was greasing the cogs, when his hand was caught in the wheel, which drew in his arm and head. He was relieved from this dreadful situation totally senseless, & taken immediately to our infirmary, where he languished till Thursday morning, and then expired.
Entry in Mills Archive database - #11378 - Post mill, Headington
With two mills in Headington, it is difficult to separate some of the older records. Both mills were in ruins in the 18th century, and one was rebuilt in 1823. Foreman suggests that this mill is probably the post mill with a tail pole and barrel cap which features on a Melchair print from 1771, in the Oxford City Library. In 1820, the mill was painted by Turner, and the site appears on Bryant’s map of 1823 as Windmill Hill.
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