The first post mill on this site was moved here from Easton c 1840. It became derelict and collapsed in 1901. A replacement was constructed in the 1930s using parts from a windmill in Ellington.
Photos: (1) de Little (a) brake wheel and wallower, showing staggered teeth (b) as preserved (2) NMR (a) as preserved (b) as preserved, September 1946 (3) A C Smith (WIC) (a) derelict with 4 sails, June 1970 (4) Blythman (a) derel-ict with 3 sails, August 1979 (5) Stevens (a) derelict with 4 sails (6) UOK (MC) (a) as preserved after rebuilding, November 1936 (b) as preserved, January 1943 (7) Tebbutt (a) just after rebuilding, with men working on one sail, 1935
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