Moreton windmill, Essex 🌍

Moreton #2367

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Post mill function:Corn mill

Last but one "six footer" post mill with 3 cross trees and 6 quarterbars. Pulled down 1964

Mill ID 2367

Moreton, , c1930s
© Alan Caston collection

Mill ID 2367

Moreton, ,
© Alan Caston collection

Mill ID 2367

Moreton, ,
© Alan Caston collection

Mill ID 2367

Moreton, ,
© Alan Caston collection

Mill ID 2367

Moreton, ,
© Alan Caston collection

Mill ID 2367

Moreton, ,
© Alan Caston collection

Mill ID 2367

Moreton, ,
© Alan Caston collection

Entry in Mills Archive database - #2367 - Post mill, Moreton

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Muggeridge Collection photos

537868 - Moreton. Front. Essex.
537869 - Moreton. 3/4 Front. Essex.
537870 - Moreton. Essex.
537871 - Moreton Tailpole. Essex.
537872 - Moreton. 3/4-Rear. Close. Essex.
537873 - Moreton. Detail Of Sweeps. Ob. Essex.
537874 - Moreton. Essex, Central Post And Quarterbars.
537875 - Moreton. Base Of C.P. Obl. Essex.
537876 - Moreton, Date On C.P., Essex
537877 - Moreton. Governors. Essex.
537878 - Moreton. Ex. Detail Of Tail-Wheel.
537879 - Moreton. Stones, B/W And Wallower, Ex.
537880 - Moreton. 3/4-Fr. Essex.
537881 - Moreton 3/4-Fr. Cl. As Detail. Essex.
537882 - Moreton. Side. Essex
537883 - Moreton 3/4-Fr. Essex
537884 - Moreton 3/4-Fr. Essex
537885 - Moreton Dated Centre Post. Essex
F183660 - Moreton., Essex. 11 Jul 1961. (colour slide)

Essex Countryside references

Dec 64: p114 news of demolition of Moreton mill; photo and details of mill between Little Saling and Bardfield (in advanced state of decay)
Dec 71: p58 article "The mill on the hill at Moreton" by Geoffrey Tyrell, describing the post mill at Moreton which was pulled down in 1964
Oct 73: p23 picture of Moreton post mill

Essex Record Office: Moreton mill in very poor condition, before and after it collapsed.
Essex Record Office: Moreton mill in very poor condition, before and after it collapsed.
Essex Record Office: Moreton mill in very poor condition, before and after it collapsed.
Essex Record Office: Moreton mill in very poor condition, before and after it collapsed.
Essex Record Office: Moreton mill in very poor condition, before and after it collapsed.
Essex Record Office: Moreton mill in very poor condition, before and after it collapsed.

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Exterior view of Moreton Windmill during demolition

Moreton Mill, Moreton, Epping Forest, Essex

Jul 1956 - Photograph (Negative)

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