Goldfield Mill or Grover's Mill is a Grade II listed tower mill

Tower mill

A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind....

 at Tring

Tring

Tring is a small market town and also a civil parish in the Chiltern Hills in Hertfordshire, England. Situated north-west of London and linked to London by the old Roman road of Akeman Street, by the modern A41, by the Grand Union Canal and by rail lines to Euston Station, Tring is now largely a...

, Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire

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, England

England

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 which has been converted to residential accommodation.

History

Goldfield Mill was first mentioned in Pigot's Directory

Pigot's Directory

Pigot's Directory was a major directory starting in 1814.Pigot's Directories covered the period before official Civil Registration began and are a valuable source of information regarding all major professions, nobility, gentry, clergy, trades and occupations including taverns and public houses and...

 of 1839 when James Grover was the miller. The mill remained in the Grover family until 1880. In 1898, a 6 hp steam engine was installed as auxiliary power. During Thomas Liddington's tenure of the mill, miller Henry Liddington was fined £10 for taking an excessive toll of flour. Goldfield Mill was working by wind until 1908, when miller James Wright left to assume the tenancy of Pitstone Windmill

Pitstone Windmill

Pitstone Windmill stands in the north east corner of a large field near the parish boundary of Ivinghoe and Pitstone in Buckinghamshire. It is thought to have been first built circa 1627 as this date is carved on part of the framework. This is the earliest date to be found on any windmill in the...

. The mill worked by steam until the 1920s The mill was converted to residential accommodation in 1973.

Description

Goldfield Mill is a four storey tower mill. It had a pepperpot cap winded by a fantail. There were four Double Patent sails. The upright shaft and cast iron great spur wheel survive.

Millers

• James Grover 1839-61
• William Grover 1861-80
• Thomas Liddington 1880-85
• White & Putnam 1885-95
• James Wright 1895-1908

Reference for above:-

External links

• Windmill World webpage on Goldfield Mill.