Information for record number MWA136:
Baxterley Windmill

Summary The site of Baxterley Mill, a windmill dating to the Imperial period. It was situated on Baxterley Common.
What Is It?  
Type: Windmill
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Baxterley
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 28 96
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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1 A derelict windmill, now a skeleton of close-set timber-framing.
2 Built 'J.B.1793', open trestle, four common sails, ladder and tailpole. Ceased work by 1880's. Cleared away c1969. Main post used for reconstruction of Danzey Green Mill at Avoncroft Museum.
3 The windmill blew down on Feb. 6th 1946 while it was in the process of being drawn. There was some discussion about re-erecting it, but this was never done. Much of the machinery was taken away and burned for firewood.
4 Correspondence from between 1964 and 1969 about the history of the windmill, the surviving remains, drawings, and a proposed model.
5 OurWarwickshire website. (b) Photograph of Baxterley windmill in the 1900s. (b) Photograph of Baxterley windmill. Post Mill, wood construction, with sails. Derelict. 1932
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Windmills in Warwickshire
Author/originator: Seaby W A, Smith A C
Date: 1977
Page Number: 20
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Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Victoria County History, vol 4, Warwickshire
Author/originator: Salzman L F (ed)
Date: 1947
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Volume/Sheet: 4
   
Source No: 4
Source Type: Correspondence
Title: Baxterley Windmill
Author/originator:
Date: 1964-9
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Correspondence
Title: Baxterley Windmill
Author/originator: Varney H
Date: 1966
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period Imperial 1751 AD to 1914 AD (end of the 18th century AD to the beginning of the 20th century AD)

This period comes after the Post Medieval period and before the modern period and starts with beginning of the Industrial Revolution in 1750. It includes the second part of the Hannoverian period (1714 – 1836) and the Victorian period (1837 – 1901). The Imperial period ends with the start of the First World War in 1914.
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monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument WINDMILL * A tower-like structure of wood or brick with a wooden cap and sails which are driven around by the wind producing power to work the internal machinery. Use with product type where known. back
monument MILL * A factory used for processing raw materials. Use more specific mill type where known. See also TEXTILE MILL, for more narrow terms. back
monument MODEL * Use for miniaturized monument type. Index with actual monument type where possible. back
monument MACHINERY * Apparatus used for applying a mechanical force, or to perform a particular function. Use more specific type where known. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument MUSEUM * A building, group of buildings or space within a building, where objects of value such as works of art, antiquities, scientific specimens, or other artefacts are housed and displayed. back
monument WOOD * A tract of land with trees, sometimes acting as a boundary or barrier, usually smaller and less wild than a forest. back
monument POST MILL * A type of windmill, mainly timber-framed, whose body, containing machinery and carrying the sail, rotates about an upright post. back

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