Monument record TRS 010 - Site of windmill.

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Summary

Site of windmill.

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 8952 7324 (50m by 50m) Approximate
Map sheet TL87SE
Civil Parish TROSTON, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Site of windmill. Shown as post mill on 1807 Enclosure Map (S1) and mill on 1841 Tithe Map (S2). Nothing really visible in arable field (S3) but note the footpath kinks just to the south of the site (from Wayside Bungalow to Troston Heath Cottages).
Said to be smock mill in (S4) but post mill in (S5)(R1-R4) and demolished circa 1885.
October 1997: NGR amended after (S2).

Sources/Archives (10)

  • <M1> (No record type): Windmills file: copy (S4)(S5).
  • <S1> (No record type): Enclosure Map, Troston, 1807, SRO(B) FL 643/1/6.
  • <R1> Source Unchecked: Greenwood. 1824. Map. Greenwood, map, 1824.
  • <S2> Map: 1841. Troston Tithe Map. Tithe Map, 1841, SRO(B) T35/1,2.
  • <R2> (No record type): Bryant, map 1825.
  • <R3> (No record type): OS, 1st ed map, circa 1837.
  • <S3> (No record type): SAU, Sussams K, Brecks Survey.
  • <R4> (No record type): OS, 1st ed 6" map, circa 1882.
  • <S4> (No record type): Flint B, Suffolk Windmills, 1979, 141.
  • <S5> (No record type): Dolman P, letter to SAU, May 1990.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Feb 6 1998 12:00AM

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