Burwell
#2396
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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.
(2) Geograph images are licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike licence
Big Mill,
tower millPhotos: (1) A C Smith (WIC) (a) base with thatched roof, May 1973 (2) CCL (a) base with thatched roof
Property details at Zoopla
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Images from Historic England - hover over image to see copyright info, and to enable zoom
Newmarket Road, Burwell, East Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, CB5 0AE
12 Sep 1999 - Photograph (Digital)
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International Mill Database Entry |
|---|
| name |
Big Mill |
| id |
48896 |
| description |
Twelve-sided smock mill of which at present only a two-storey brick stump remains
|
| drive power recent |
none |
| drive power originally |
windmill |
| mill type |
smock mill |
| special construction |
twelve sided |
| function type |
grain mill |
| condition type |
no technique |
| use today |
storage space |
| map location |
52.27458,0.330745 |
| country |
United Kingdom |
| state |
England |
| county |
Cambridgeshire |
| city |
Burwell |
| zip |
CB25 0AE |
| street |
Newmarket Road |
| logo detail |
windmill_nophoto |
