Great Holland windmill, Essex

Great Holland #2290

(51.82888,1.19702)

Map/aerial photo of the area around the mill

Smock mill function:Corn mill - derelict base

truncated smock burnt down 1985

Great Holland, , c1930s
© Alan Caston collection

Entry in Mills Archive database - #2290 - Smock mill, Great Holland

Footpath near Great Holland Mill [2007-04-14]

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May 72: p64 Readers Forum: Letter on "Sad fate of smock mills" by Alan Cordell, with details of the state of various smock mills, including Upminster, Terling, Orsett, South Ockenden, and Great Holland. Photos of Terling and Orsett.

smock mill

Photos: (1) Farries 1 (a) w/o (2) Farries 4

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for information on Smock mill, Great Holland

International Mill Database Entry
name	Great Holland Windmill
id	59592
description	This smock mill worked by wind power until c1923, when the sails and fantail were removed; the business continued using successively steam, diesel and electricity until 1960; today only the derelict brick base survives
drive power recent	none
drive power originally	windmill
mill type	smock mill
special construction	octagonal
function type	grain mill
condition type	remains
map location	51.82891,1.19705
country	United Kingdom
state	England
county	Essex
municipality	Frinton-on-Sea
city	Great Holland
zip	CO13 0EU
street	Mill Lane
logo detail	windmill_nophoto
sails	shuttered