Information for record number MWA3705:
Site of Windmill to S of Mill Lane

Summary The site of a post mill, an windmill that was mounted on a post. It was in use during the Imperial period. The mill was situated 400m south east of Wolvey Heath.
What Is It?  
Type: Windmill, Post Mill
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Wolvey
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 43 88
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 Post Mill. Built by c1820. Roundhouse, four common sails, white painted buck, ladder and tailpole. Ceased work by late 19th century. Demolished first decade of 20th century.
3 This spot is now a garden and has no indication of the windmill.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Warwicks Windmills
Author/originator: Seaby W A and Smith A
Date: 1978
Page Number: 23
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: WM
Author/originator: WAS
Date: 1979
Page Number: 16
Volume/Sheet: Windmills Gazetteer
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: Thomson D J
Date: 1983
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 4402
   
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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
source WM Warwickshire Museum Aerial Photograph Collection. A collection of oblique and vertical aerial photographs and taken by various organisations and individuals, including the Royal Airforce, The Potato Board, Warwickshire Museum. The collection is held at 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 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 INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument GARDEN * An enclosed piece of ground devoted to the cultivation of flowers, fruit or vegetables and/or recreational purposes. Use more specific type where known. 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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