Mile End Farm Mill, Reed
52°01′45″N 0°01′05″W / 52.02917°N 0.01806°W / 52.02917; -0.01806Operator(s) Private Year built c. 1822 Information Purpose Corn mill Type Tower mill Storeys Four storeys No. of sails Four sails Year lost c. 1900 East East
Midlands London North
East North
West South
East South
West West
Midlands Yorkshire
and the
Humber
Mile End Farm Mill is a tower mill at Reed, Hertfordshire, England which has been truncated and converted to residential accommodation.
History
The earliest record of Mile End Farm Mill is its appearance on Andrew Bryant's map of Hertfordshire dated 1822. The mill was working until 1890 and was truncated c. 1900. The tower was incorporated into a house in the 1970s.[1]
Description
Mile End Farm Mill was a four storey tower mill. No details of its cap and sails, internal machinery, millstones or whether it was winded by a fantail or not are known.[1]
Millers
- William Giffen c. 1850-76
- Frederick Giffen 1876-89
- Thomas Clayden 1889-90
Reference for above:-[1]
References
- ^ a b c Moore, Cyril (1999). Hertfordshire Windmills and Windmillers. Sawbridgeworth: Windsup Publishing. pp. 99–100. ISBN 0-9533861-0-4.
External links
- Windmill World webpage on Mile End Farm Mill.
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