- Edenbridge Windmill
Infobox Windmill
name = Edenbridge Windmill
caption =
name_of_mill = Postcard,1917
location_of_mill = TQ 444 457
Coord|51.192|0.065|display=inline|format=dms
operator =
built = 1812
purpose = Corn mill
type =Tower mill
storeys = Five storeys
base_storeys =
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smock_sides =
sail_number = Four
sail_type =
windshaft =
winding = Fantail
fantail_blades =
auxpower =
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other =Edenbridge Mill is a Grade II listedcite web| url= http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?pid=2&id=357202| publisher = English Heritage| title = STUMP OF THE OLD WINDMILL, HIGH STREET (west side) EDENBRIDGE, SEVENOAKS, KENT| accessdate= 2008-04-16] house converted
tower mill in Edenbridge,Kent ,England .History
"Edenbridge Mill" was built in 1812. A mill was marked on the 1858-72 and 1903-10
Ordnance Survey maps.cite book | first = William| last = Coles Finch| year = 1933| title = Watermills and Windmills| pages = p199| publisher = C W Daniel Company| location = London]William Ashby, the
Westerham millwright worked on the mill in October 1825, fitting a new neck bearing of the windshaft, and did some repairs to the sails in January 1826. The cap was removed in 1937 and replaced by a flat roof.cite book | first = Jenny| last = West| year = 1973| title = The Windmills of Kent| pages = p41-44| publisher = Charles Skilton Ltd.| location = London| id = SBN 284-98534-1]Description
"Edenbridge Mill" is a five storey brick tower mill with a domed cap. It had four sails carried on a
cast iron windshaft. The mill was winded by a fantail. The mill retains the Wallower, upright shaft and iron Great Spur Wheel, which drove themillstone s overdrift. Old photographs show that there was a stage at first floor level.Millers
*Edward Bridger 1825 - 1839
*H Sisley 1844
*James Mellish 1845 - 1849
*Stanford - 1854
*Moses Brooks 1864 - 1874
*James Mellish & Son - 1886References for above:-cite web| url= http://www.millarchive.com/kent/millpeople/Kent%20Mill%20People.htm| publisher = The Mills Archive Trust| title = Directory of Kent Mill People| accessdate= 2008-04-16]
References
External links
* [http://www.windmillworld.com/millid/2637.htm Windmill World page] on the mill.
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