Cranfield windmill, Bedfordshire

Cranfield #1716

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Entry in Mills Archive database - #1716 - Broad Green Mill, Cranfield (has photos)

A mill has stood here since at least 1693. By the 20th century a tower mill stood here. It ceased work in 1935 and was demolished in 1965.

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537293 - Cranfield. Photo By H. E. S. Simmons

Topfoto Cranfield Windmill, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, 1933. There are three main types of windmill in England. Post mills are constructed about a central timber pillar, around which the body of the mill rotates. Smock mills have wooden towers containing milling machinery. Tower mills, like this one, are usually brick constructions. Both smock and tower mills have a rotating cap onto which the sails are attached.

Details from the English Windmills Photographic Register by Guy Blythman

tower mill

Photos: (1) Howes (a) w/o (b) derelict with cap and one sail, shortly before demolition in 1966 (2) Elliott (a) w/o with 2 sails, 1930 (3) NMR (a) derelict with 2 sails (4) UOK (MC) (a) derelict with fan and 2 sails (one breaking away), July 1933

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Cranfield Tower Mill viewed from the west

Cranfield Windmill, Mill Road, Cranfield, Broad Green, Central Bedfordshire

Jul 1933 - Photograph (Negative)

Cranfield windmill, Bedfordshire 🌍

Cranfield #1716

Muggeridge Collection photos