Information for record number MWA2636:
Site of Windmill SE of Haseley Mill

Summary The possible site of Haseley Windmill which dated to the Imperial period. It was situated 600m east of Birmingham Road.
What Is It?  
Type: Windmill, Post Mill
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Haseley
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 23 68
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

 
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1 Haseley (adjoining watermill). Built by 1814. Ceased by late C19. Post mill.
2 No obvious siting evidence. The ground is now marshy and unusable and the area seems rather unsuited for a windmill.
 
Sources

Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Warwickshire Watermills
Author/originator: WAS
Date: 1979
Page Number: 26
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: Thomson D J
Date: 1983
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 4402
   
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Glossary

 
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source SMR Card Sites and Monuments Record Card. The Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record began to be developed during the 1970s. The details of individual archaeological sites and findspots were written on record cards. These record cards were used until the 1990s, when their details were entered on to a computerised system. The record cards are still kept at the office of the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
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 ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument MARSH * A low lying area of land that is usually waterlogged at all times and is flooded in wet weather. back
monument WATERMILL * A mill whose machinery is driven by water. 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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