Hawridge, Cholesbury, Buckinghamshire

Cholesbury #1711

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NGR: SP935069

(51.75312,-0.6466)

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Hawridge: tower mill function:Corn mill - built on site of previous smock mill

Cholesbury, , 20/3/89
© Peter Hedges collection

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Painting:Gilbert Cannan And His Mill

Entry in Mills Archive database - #1711 - Cholesbury Mill, Cholesbury (has photos)

A smock mill on this site was replaced with a brick tower mill in 1884. It ceased working c 1915. The attached cottage was built on and the combination converted to a domestic residence. The building is Grade II Listed and as formerly owned by the author Gilbert Cannan who is famously depicted outside the mill in a painting by Mark Gertler.

Muggeridge Collection photos

537371 - Cholesbury, Hawridge, 3/4 Rear, Bucks.
537372 - Cholesbury, Stones From Wendover, Bucks.

The Full Moon, Hawridge [2006-06-16]

Rob Farrow

The Windmill, Cholesbury Common [2005-12-10]

Rob Farrow

The windmill at Cholesbury Herts [2005-07-10]

Jack Hill

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Listed Building, Grade II: CHOLESBURY WINDMILL (listed 1958-12-22)

Buckinghamshire's Heritage Portal: Cholesbury

Wikipedia entry

Details from the English Windmills Photographic Register by Guy Blythman

tower mill

Photos: (1) D W Smith (a) disused with sails prior to house conversion (2) NMR (a-b) disused with no sails (c) disused with no fan and damaged sails (d) as house-converted (3) NMR (WC) (a) w/o, c1904 (4) BCRALSS (a) w/o, 1904 (b) disused with 4 sails, 1910 (c) disused with 4 sails, 1938 (d) disused with 4 sails, 1940-44 (e) as house-converted, c1950 (f-h) as house-converted, mid-late C20 (i) as house-converted, August 1986 (5) A C Smith (WIBAO) (a) as house-converted, May 1973 (b) as house-converted, distant view June 1975 (6) BRO (a) brakewheel (7) HWL (a) house-converted with cap, fanstage, fan spokes and sail frames (8) WM (a) house-converted with dummy sails, 1970s or 80s (9) UOK (MC) (a-b) disused with sail frames, October 1934

News item: Windmills in the Snow - Jan 2007 (26/1/07)

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Album: October 3, 2015 [Windmill Hoppers]

Album: 23 August 2015 [Windmill Hoppers]

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The Windmill at Cholesbury seen from Ray's Hill to the north-west

The Windmill, Ray's Hill, Cholesbury-cum-St. Leonards, Hawridge, Buckinghamshire

1985 - Photograph (35mm Slide)

Cholesbury Windmill

Rays Hill, Cholesbury Cum St Leonards, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

23 May 2007 - Photograph (Digital)

From the Images of England project

International Mill Database Entry
name	Hawridge Common Windmill
id	51260
description	Tall, slim tower mill that replaced a smock mill on the same site in the late 19th century
drive power recent	windmill
drive type recent	sails
mill type	tower mill
special construction	reefing stage
function type	grain mill
condition type	no technique
use today	private residence
map location	51.75315,-0.64663
country	United Kingdom
state	England
county	Buckinghamshire
municipality	Tring
city	Cholesbury
zip	HP5 2UQ
street	Ray's Hill
logo detail	windmill_nophoto
sails	shuttered
luffing	fantail

Hawridge, Cholesbury, Buckinghamshire 🌍

Cholesbury #1711

Muggeridge Collection photos