Mile End Farm Mill, Reed

Reed Windmill
Map
Origin
Mill nameMile End Farm Mill
Mill locationTL 359 386
Coordinates52°01′45″N 0°01′05″W / 52.02917°N 0.01806°W / 52.02917; -0.01806
Operator(s)Private
Year builtc. 1822
Information
PurposeCorn mill
TypeTower mill
StoreysFour storeys
No. of sailsFour sails
Year lostc. 1900

Mile End Farm Mill is a tower mill at Reed, Hertfordshire, England which has been truncated and converted to residential accommodation.

History

The earliest record of Mile End Farm Mill is its appearance on Andrew Bryant's map of Hertfordshire dated 1822. The mill was working until 1890 and was truncated c. 1900. The tower was incorporated into a house in the 1970s.[1]

Description

For an explanation of the various pieces of machinery, see Mill machinery.

Mile End Farm Mill was a four storey tower mill. No details of its cap and sails, internal machinery, millstones or whether it was winded by a fantail or not are known.[1]

Millers

  • William Giffen c. 1850-76
  • Frederick Giffen 1876-89
  • Thomas Clayden 1889-90

Reference for above:-[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Moore, Cyril (1999). Hertfordshire Windmills and Windmillers. Sawbridgeworth: Windsup Publishing. pp. 99–100. ISBN 0-9533861-0-4.