Upper Mill, Eastry
Encyclopedia
Upper Mill is a Grade II listed house converted smock mill in Eastry
, Kent
, England
. It was built in the mid eighteenth century.
map of 1695 and Emanuel Bowen
's map of 1736. Two mills were marked on Andrews, Drury and Herbert's map of 1769. Four mills were marked on the 1819-43 Ordnance Survey
map.
Of the four mills the fate of one is unknown. One was burnt down and the third, the Lower Mill, which was similar in appearance to the surviving mill except that it lacked a brick base, was demolished in 1926. Lower Mill bore the date 1743 inside.
The earliest confirmed date for Upper Mill is a sale document of 1770, although the mill is believed to be older. The mill was worked by wind until 1913, when the sails and fantail were removed. It was worked by a suction gas engine
until 1949 and then by electric motor until 1959, when the business was transferred to Sandwich
.
s. The mill was stripped of machinery after milling ceased, with only the windshaft and wooden brake wheel remaining.
References for above:-
Eastry
Eastry is a civil parish and remote, yet historically significant village four kilometres SW of Sandwich, in Kent, that was voted "Kent Village of the Year 2005".-Etymology:...
, Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
, England
England
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. It was built in the mid eighteenth century.
History
Upper Mill was built in the mid eighteenth century. A mill was marked on Symonson's map of 1596, Robert Morden'sRobert Morden
Robert Morden was a British bookseller, publisher, and maker of maps and globes.He was among the first successful commercial map makers....
map of 1695 and Emanuel Bowen
Emanuel Bowen
Emanuel Bowen was an English map engraver, who worked for George II of England and Louis XV of France as a geographerHe published a 'Complete Atlas of Geography,' 1744-7; an 'English Atlas, with a new set of maps,' 1745; a 'Complete Atlas .....
's map of 1736. Two mills were marked on Andrews, Drury and Herbert's map of 1769. Four mills were marked on the 1819-43 Ordnance Survey
Ordnance Survey
Ordnance Survey , an executive agency and non-ministerial government department of the Government of the United Kingdom, is the national mapping agency for Great Britain, producing maps of Great Britain , and one of the world's largest producers of maps.The name reflects its creation together with...
map.
Of the four mills the fate of one is unknown. One was burnt down and the third, the Lower Mill, which was similar in appearance to the surviving mill except that it lacked a brick base, was demolished in 1926. Lower Mill bore the date 1743 inside.
The earliest confirmed date for Upper Mill is a sale document of 1770, although the mill is believed to be older. The mill was worked by wind until 1913, when the sails and fantail were removed. It was worked by a suction gas engine
Gas engine
A gas engine means an engine running on a gas, such as coal gas, producer gas biogas, landfill gas, or natural gas. In the UK, the term is unambiguous...
until 1949 and then by electric motor until 1959, when the business was transferred to Sandwich
Sandwich, Kent
Sandwich is a historic town and civil parish on the River Stour in the Non-metropolitan district of Dover, within the ceremonial county of Kent, south-east England. It has a population of 6,800....
.
Description
Upper Mill is a three storey black smock mill on a single storey brick base. It had four Patent sails carried on a cast iron windshaft. The mill was winded by a fantail. The mill drove four pairs of millstoneMillstone
Millstones or mill stones are used in windmills and watermills, including tide mills, for grinding wheat or other grains.The type of stone most suitable for making millstones is a siliceous rock called burrstone , an open-textured, porous but tough, fine-grained sandstone, or a silicified,...
s. The mill was stripped of machinery after milling ceased, with only the windshaft and wooden brake wheel remaining.
Millers
- Thomas Clark 1826 - 1845
- W Clark 1913
- Harold H Clark - 1949
- Arthur Clark 1949 - 1959
References for above:-
External links
- Windmill World page on the mill.