Potton windmill, Bedfordshire 🌍


Potton #2292

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NGR: TL213498
(52.13333,-0.2291)


Map/aerial photo of the area around the mill

tower mill function:Corn mill - derelict

Entry in Mills Archive database - #2292 - Tower mill, Potton (has photos)

The mill existed by 1823. It ceased work in 1928.

Muggeridge Collection photos

Details from the English Windmills Photographic Register by Guy Blythman
tower mill
Photos: (1) Howes (a) w/o, 1926 (2) NMR (a) derelict with stocks still in place (b-d) stump of tower (3) A C Smith (WIB) (a) stump of tower, May 1970 (4) BM Vol 9 p34 (a) brake wheel and wallower with friction ring (5) CL (a) derelict with stocks (6) UOK (MC) (a) derelict with stocks, August 1933

for information on Tower mill, Potton
International Mill Database Entry
name Potton Windmill
id 10337
description Disused brick built tower mill in a private garden
drive power recent none
drive power originally windmill
mill type tower mill
function type grain mill
condition type abandoned
map location 52.133330,-0.229100
country United Kingdom
state England
county Bedfordshire
municipality Sandy
city Potton
zip SG19 2PQ
street Mill Ln
logo detail windmill_nophoto


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