Le Moulin de Rozel, Rozel, Jersey 🌍

Rozel (#jersey3)

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Map/aerial photo of the area around the mill

Le Moulin de Rozel: tower mill - converted to wartime observation post

1841 census recorded occupants as David Anley 38 Miller, Jane Mary 40, Jane 15 Manatua maker, David 10, Charles Anley 8, Harriett 4, all of whom were born on the island.

D. Anley sold Rozel Windmill to Philip Vardon in 1849. Upon Philip Vardon's death the ownership of the windmill passed over to the 3rd Philip Vardon who dismantled it cir1916 and sold the tower to the US.

Carved on a stone, 4 courses up above the door were the letters HRI DAN 1799.

6 courses up apparently some years later were EDL

From the States of Jersey Register of Historic Buildings:

Windmill tower, c1800, circular plan, random granite, reinforced concrete cap with observation slit added by the Germans during the Occupation. Rozel Mill used as coastal artillery observation post