Brook Lane Mill:
Smock mill function:Corn mill
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Destroyed by fire, 15th September 2005.
A new residential mock mill built in 2011 on the same plot of land.
To be Lett or Sold,
Very good WIND-MILL with French Stones in her, fit for London Trade, and a good House and Flour Tackle, goes by Horse;
and above four Acres of Land, situated in the Parish of Chislet, near Hearn, and convenient for Carriage to London.
For further Particulars inquire of William Colley, at Tong Mill near Sittingbourn,
or of Mr. George Shooler, at the Mermaid in Canterbury.
Photos: (1) de Little (a) spur wheel and auxiliary drive (2) Coles Finch (a) w/o (b) smock tower preserved with dummy cap (3) UOK (DC) (a) w/o (various views) (b) as preserved without cap or sails (4) NMR (a) smock tower preserved with dummy cap, May 1932 (5) CKS (a) w/o, as West (b) w/o, as CF (c) preserved smock tower with dummy cap, as CF (d) ditto, as West (6) West (a) w/o, early C20 (b) preserved smock tower with dummy cap (7) Turpin (WIK) (a) preserved smock tower with dummy cap (8) UOK (MC) (a) smock tower preserved with dummy cap, August 1934 (b-c) smock tower preserved with dummy cap, April 1940 (d) "hounds" (an item of machinery like a hopper), April 1940
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