Information for record number MWA865:
Site of Marston Windmill

Summary The site of a post mill, a type of windmill mounted on a post. It was in use during the Imperial period. It stood 1km south west of the church at Priors Marston.
What Is It?  
Type: Windmill, Post Mill
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Priors Marston
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 48 56
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 Built by 1787. Ceased by late 19th century. Post mill. At SP4856.
2 Nothing of the mill remains (site visit). This reference gives the above grid reference.
3 Late 18th and early 19th century maps show a windmill named 'Marston mill' on the s. side of and not quite mid-way along a track which links the N. end of the village with Priors Hardwick. This mill has disappeared entirely and nothing of its history can be traced. It is believed to have been superseded by the small stream mill in the village in c.1870. Marston mill is marked on the 1834 O.S. Map, but does not appear on the 1884 6" map.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Warwickshire Windmills
Author/originator: W A Seaby
Date: 1979
Page Number: 15
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Past and Present Warwickshire Windmills
Author/originator: Simmons H E
Date: 1974
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: JMG
Date: 1979
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 1319
   
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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 VILLAGE * A collection of dwelling-houses and other buildings, usually larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a simpler organisation and administration than the latter. 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 CHURCH * A building used for public Christian worship. 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 STREAM * A natural flow or current of water issuing from a source. 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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