Monument record MNL 348 - White Top Mills, Mildenhall

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Summary

Site of wind ?pump - fen drainage mill for pumping into River Lark, shown on Hodskinsons 1783 map (S1).

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 618 811 (33m by 24m)
Map sheet TL68SW
Civil Parish MILDENHALL, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

Site of wind ?pump - fen drainage mill for pumping into River Lark, shown on Hodskinsons 1783 map (S1). Also shown on OS 1836 map, with a second to W (MNL 349) and named White Top Mills. Smock mill, standing in 1927, demolished in 1920s or 1930s (S2,S3).

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <S1> Cartographic materials: Hodskinson, J.. 1783. The County of Suffolk surveyed.
  • <S2> Unpublished document: Flint, B.. 1979. Suffolk Windmills. Flint B, Suffolk Windmills, 1979, 143.
  • <S3> Bibliographic reference: Dolman, P. 1978. Windmills in Suffolk: a contemporary survey. 54.
  • <S4> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1890. 6" map.
  • <S5> Digital archive: Historic England. National Record Of the Historic Environment.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Dec 18 2020 3:32PM

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