Devizes windmill, Wiltshire

Devizes #1761

(51.35091,-1.9984)

Map/aerial photo of the area around the mill

tower mill function:Oil mill|Snuff mill - used for grinding rape seed then snuff, now incorporated into Devizes Castle as the North Tower

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Entry in Mills Archive database - #1761 - Tower mill, Devizes

This was one of a pair of tower mills built at this site c. 1713 to produce oil for lamps. In 1740 they were converted to snuff mills.

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Devizes, Kennet, Wiltshire

2 Apr 2005 - Photograph (Digital)