Stump demolished 2022 when site redeveloped for housing.
There is a circular flower bed at the end of Corella Court, made from recycled bricks which may have come from the mill,
that carries a short recollection of the mill:
Signboard
says:
The former Spalding Common Windmill stood here.
A magnificent five-floored and four-sail tower mill.
Erected 1816, operational until 1936. Sail frames removed in 1939.
The final remaining lower 2 storeys demolished in 2022.
The derelict stump of Spalding Common windmill, with the horticultural greenhouses behind. May 1986 Colin Mitchell
The newly built flowerbed commemorating the Spalding Common windmill, 19/9/26 Colin Mitchell
Close up of the plaque on the newly built flowerbed, commemorating the Spalding Common windmill, 19/9/26 Colin Mitchell
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