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post mill function:Corn mill - restored

Ipswich Journal, 14 January 1769

To be SOLD at BOCKING in Essex.
ALL that WINDMILL, very pleasantly and commodiously situated for Business, in BOCKING aforesaid, opposite the Causeway there, (with a good Pair of French Stones, and all the Going Gears, Scales, Weights, Utensils, and Implements belonging to the said Mill, all in very good Condition;) likewise a very good Horse Boulting-Mill: And also a convenient Messuage or Tenement, consisting of three Rooms on a Floor, with a Stable and other Outhouses, adjoining and belonging to the said Mill; all Freehold. and in good Repair, and now in the Occupation of Abraham Grigson.
For Particulars enquire of the said Abraham Grigson.

Signboard says:
Bocking Post Mill: Dating from 1721, the mill was auctioned in December 1829, moved up the hill from near the bakehouse, and re-erected here in 1830. It worked commercially until c1924 and to special order until c1930. The last miller was Henry Hawkins. The mill is owned and maintained by Braintree District Council. {The Friends of Bocking Windmill 1996}.
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Entry in Mills Archive database - #2446 - Church Street Windmill, Bocking (has photos)

Muggeridge Collection photos

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Bocking Windmill - gearing [2023-05-14]

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Bocking windmill - stone floor [2023-05-14]

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Bocking Windmill - meal bins [2023-05-14]

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Bocking Windmill - stone nut [2023-05-14]

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Bocking Windmill - great spur wheel [2023-05-14]

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Bocking Windmill - top of the main post [2023-05-14]

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Bocking Windmill - main post [2023-05-14]

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Bocking Windmill - drive to the steam driven stones [2023-05-14]

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Bocking windmill - steam driven stones [2023-05-14]

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Bocking Windmill - inside the roundhouse [2023-05-14]

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Bocking Windmill [2023-05-14]

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Bocking Windmill [2023-05-14]

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Bocking Windmill, Church Street, Bocking, Braintree [2005-09-25]

Brenda Howard

Bocking Post Mill, Bocking Churchstreet, Braintree [2005-09-25]

Brenda Howard

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Listed Building, Grade I: WINDMILL (listed 1951-10-25)

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Photos: (1) Farries 2 (a) close-up of sails, 1972
News item: Coin operated model machines for Bocking windmill (16/9/25)

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WINDMILL
Windmill, Church Street, Braintree, Essex, CM7 5LH
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International Mill Database Entry:
id 48929
name Bocking post mill
drive_power_recent windmill
drive_type_recent sails
mill_type post mill
special_construction roundhouse
function_type grain mill
condition_type not functional
lat 51.90436
long 0.56143
country United Kingdom
state England
county Essex
municipality Braintree
city Bocking
zip CM7 5LQ
street Church Street
description A post mill with a 2-storey roundhouse, built in 1721 and moved to its present site in 1829
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sails cloth;shuttered


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