Information for record number MWA2517:
Site of Windmill 100m NE of Newhouse Farm, Cubbington

Summary There is documentary evidence for a windmill at this site from Medieval to the Imperial period. It stood at the north west of Cubbington.
What Is It?  
Type: Windmill, Post Mill, Mill
Period: Medieval - Industrial (1066 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Cubbington
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 33 68
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 A windmill is mentioned in 1355 but not in later records until the 18th century.
2 The windmill stood at the top of the hill now known as windmill Hill, where there is now a farmyard facing the Rugby Road. Pulled down in 1870.
3 A windmill is shown at the above grid reference.
4 Built by 1789. Demolished c1870. Post mill with Midlands type round house.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Cubbington
Author/originator: Peppitt G
Date: 1971
Page Number: 82-3
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Victoria County History, vol 6, Warwickshire
Author/originator: Salzman L F (ed)
Date: 1951
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: VI
   
Source No: 4
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Windmills Gazetteer
Author/originator: WAS
Date: 1979
Page Number: 20
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Map
Title: Map
Author/originator: Yates
Date: 1793
Page Number: MA 1793:1:1
Volume/Sheet:
   
Images:  
View of a windmill at Cubbington
Copyright: Warwickshire County Council
Date: 1860s
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technique Documentary Evidence Documentary evidence is another name for written records. The first written records in Britain date back to the Roman period. Documentary evidence can take many different forms, including maps, charters, letters and written accounts. When archaeologists are researching a site, they often start by looking at documentary evidence to see if there are clues that will help them understand what they might find. Documentary evidence can help archaeologists understand sites that are discovered during an excavation, field survey or aerial survey. back
period Medieval 1066 AD to 1539 AD (the 11th century AD to the 16th century AD)

The medieval period comes after the Saxon period and before the post medieval period.

The Medieval period begins in 1066 AD.
This was the year that the Normans, led by William the Conqueror (1066 – 1087), invaded England and defeated Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in East Sussex.
The Medieval period includes the first half of the Tudor period (1485 – 1603 AD), when the Tudor family reigned in England and eventually in Scotland too.

The end of the Medieval period is marked by Henry VIII’s (1509 – 1547) order for the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the years running up to 1539 AD. The whole of this period is sometimes called the Middle Ages.
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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 HOUSE * A building for human habitation, especially a dwelling place. Use more specific type where known. back
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 ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. back
monument FARMYARD * A yard or enclosure attached to a farmhouse, usually surrounded by other farm buildings. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument ROUND * A small, Iron Age/Romano-British enclosed settlement found in South West England. 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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