Big Mill, Burwell, Cambridgeshire

Burwell #2396

NGR: TL591666

(52.27454,0.33073)

Map/aerial photo of the area around the mill

Big Mill: tower mill function:Coprolite mill|Corn mill - thatched truncated tower

truncated tower mill, with farming implements, 8th May 2005

Burwell, , 22/6/80
© Trevor Stainwright collection

Entry in Mills Archive database - #2396 - Big Mill, Burwell (has photos)

Built in 1812 to grind corn. By c. 1850 it was used to grind coprolites, but by the 1880s it had reverted back to corn milling.

The Big Mill at Melton Farm [2009-09-10]

The Big Mill [2002-10-28] - HD

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Big Mill, tower mill

Photos: (1) A C Smith (WIC) (a) base with thatched roof, May 1973 (2) CCL (a) base with thatched roof

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Newmarket Road, Burwell, East Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, CB5 0AE

12 Sep 1999 - Photograph (Digital)