Site of 18th century windmill, east side of Dunmow Road (EHER 46282)

A late 18th century post mill demolished in the late 1930s.

High Roding Post Mill on the east side of Dunmow Road 75 yards south of Mill House. Built by James Speller in 1797. Copyhold of the Manor of High Roding in 1805. In a sales document of 1810 the proprietor was selling the mill, dwelling house and yard. It was struck by lightning in 1829 damaging some of the weatherboarding. In a will of 1842 the deceased owner mentions his bakehouse and blacksmiths shop. In 1890 Mrs Mary tanner is described as a miller and beer retailer using steam and wind power. In its latter days the mill was worked by four anti-clockwise spring sails on an iron shaft, turning wooden brake and tail wheels for the head and tail French burr stones comprising two pairs. A bolter and oat crusher were in use. The centre post was in oak supporting an elm crowntree. Milling ceased in 1900 after one of the sails had snapped leaving the mill to run on just two. The body was painted white apart from the front which was black. It was winded by tail pole and yoke. The roundhouse built in 1886 survived the demolition of the mill in 1911 and was used as a store until it too was demolished shortly before WWII. <1> <2> NRHE data transfer: The site of a demolished windmill, shown as extant on the Ordnance Survey 1st edition map sheet of 1875. The mill does not appear on the OS map sheet of 1952-1953. <3> <4> See: <5>