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Monument record MDR4348 - Conjectural site of windmill, Windmill Hill, Foremark

Type and Period (1)

  • (Tudor to Georgian - 1540 AD? to 1800 AD?)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

SK 3330 2705. Mill Plantation named on the 1st edition OS map of 1887. (1) Windmill Hill named to the south of Mill Plantation on later OS maps. (2, 3) The name indicates that there was a windmill in the vicinity at some point, but the location and date of this mill is not known at present. (4)

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> Map: 1887. OS County Series 1:10560, sheet Derby LVII NE. Surveyed 1879, published 1887.
  • <2> Map: 1924. OS County Series 1:10560, sheet Derby LVII NE. Edn 1924, revised 1920.
  • <3> Index: RCHME Boutwood, Y.. 1993. National Forest Project.
  • <4> Bibliographic reference: Gifford, A. 2003. Derbyshire Windmills Past and Present. p 101.

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Location

Grid reference SK 332 269 (point) (Approximate)
Civil Parish FOREMARK, SOUTH DERBYSHIRE, DERBYSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 30 2016 4:28PM

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