Information for record number MWA933:
Site of Possible Windmill on Windmill Hill

Summary Documentary evidence suggests that this may be the site of a windmill dating back to at least the Post Medieval period. Its possible location was on windmill Hill, Ladbroke.
What Is It?  
Type: Windmill, Mill
Period: Post-medieval (1540 AD - 1750 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Ladbroke
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 42 59
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 The hill is still known as Windmill Hill, although the mill has long disappeared. A document of the first half of the 13th century may refer to the Windmill. Possible circumstantial evidence indicates a Windmill here in the early 17th century and a map of 1675 shows a Windmill in the right location. The Windmill is not marked on Beighton's map of 1725, but what may be a windmill mound is marked on a map of 1775. It seems strange that the Windmill is not marked on an estate map of 1639.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Descriptive Text
Title: The Windmill
Author/originator: Usher H
Date: 1973
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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 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 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 WINDMILL MOUND * An artificial mound of earth indicating either the former site of a windmill or built as the base of a post windmill. back

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