Information for record number MWA657:
Site of Windmill on Windmill Hill, Burton Dassett.

Summary There is documentary evidence for a windmill here from the Post Medieval period and possibly earlier. It was of the post mill type and was restored in the 1930s but blew down in the 1946. It was at windmill Hill.
What Is It?  
Type: Windmill, Post Mill, Mill
Period: Medieval - Post-Medieval (1066 AD - 1750 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Burton Dassett
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 39 52
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 NW of the beacon stood until 1946 a wooden post windmill complete with sails, perhaps the successor of the ruined windmill called 'le Stonmilne' which Sir John, Lord Sudeley, held in 1367.
2 Mill built here 1664, possibly this one. Open trestle, four common sails, ladder, tailpole and doorway with hooded porch. Ceased work c1912. Restored by SPAB with public support 1933-34. Blown down in tornado 26 July 1946. Main post and crosstree lie in hollow below site 1976-77.
3 Photograph.
4 A photograph of the windmill after being blown down in 1946 was submitted to the HER by Frank Miles, an eyewitness to the incident.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Victoria County History, vol 5, Warwickshire
Author/originator: Salzman L F (ed)
Date: 1965
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Volume/Sheet: 5
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Windmills in Warwickshire
Author/originator: Seaby W A and Smith A C
Date: 1977
Page Number: 21
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Photograph
Title: TBAS vol 50
Author/originator:
Date: 1937
Page Number: Plate 9
Volume/Sheet: 50
   
Source No:
Source Type: Photograph
Title: Photographs of Burton Dassett Windmill, Blown down, 1946
Author/originator: Miles F
Date: 1946
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Images:  
A view of the windmill and beacon on Windmill Hill, Burton Dassett
Copyright: Warwickshire County Council
Date: 1930s
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source TBAS Transactions of the Birmingham and Warwickshire Archaeological Society is a journal produced by the society annually. It contains articles about archaeological field work that has taken place in Birmingham and Warwickshire in previous years. Copies of the journal are kept by the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
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 Post Medieval About 1540 AD to 1750 AD (the 16th century AD to the 18th century AD)

The Post Medieval period comes after the medieval period and before the Imperial period.

This period covers the second half of the reign of the Tudors (1485 – 1603), the reign of the Stuarts (1603 – 1702) and the beginning of the reign of the Hannoverians (1714 – 1836).
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monument HOLLOW * A hollow, concave formation or place, which has sometimes been dug out. 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 BEACON * A site or structure on which a signal, especially a fire, could be placed as a warning or means of communication. Use for beacon sites or surviving beacon structures. 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 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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