Little Dunmow windmill, Essex

Little Dunmow #2417

(51.87545,0.40387)

Map/aerial photo of the area around the mill

Throw's Mill: post mill function:Corn mill - house converted octagonal roundhouse

Entry in Mills Archive database - #2417 - Throw's Mill, Little Dunmow

Jan 73: p64 Letters in Brief: A C Austin writes enquiring of the current state of windmills that existed in the 1930s at Bovinger, East Tilbury, Great Canfield, Great Easton, Halstead, Henham, Matching Tye, High Roding, Little Dunmow, Shrub End, West Tilbury.

Throws' Mill, post mill

Photos: (1) Farries 1 (a) w/o (2) NMR (a) the converted roundhouse, April 1933 (b) ditto, June 1939

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Throws Mill, Little Dunmow, Uttlesford, Essex

14 Apr 1933 - Photograph (Negative)

Throws Mill, Little Dunmow, Uttlesford, Essex

18 Jun 1939 - Photograph (Negative)

International Mill Database Entry
name	Throw's Mill
id	59601
description	House converted octagonal three-storey roundhouse
drive power recent	none
drive power originally	windmill
mill type	post mill
special construction	roundhouse
function type	grain mill
condition type	no technique
use today	private residence
map location	51.875515,0.40391
country	United Kingdom
state	England
county	Essex
municipality	Dunmow
city	Little Dunmow
zip	CM6 3AN
street	Braintree Road
logo detail	windmill_nophoto
luffing	fantail
history	This post mill was built c1799 at High Wych near Sawbridgeworth (Herts) and c1875 moved to its present location where it was extensively modernised, acquiring an octagonal three-storey roundhouse, patent sails, iron gearing, two pairs of stones and a fantail on the rear steps