Post-medieval remains of southern windmill, Windmill Hill, Billericay (EHER 5366)
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Summary
A windmill of unknown date. All that remains of the mill are the main post, cross trees, and quarter bars, standing on their brick piers.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TQ 6779 9390 (48m by 53m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | GREAT BURSTEAD AND SOUTH GREEN, BASILDON, ESSEX |
Type and Period
Description
Site of wind mill. On C and A map and Tithe map. <1> <2> <3>
The C and A map shows 2 mills, either side of the road. This is the southern one. See 5367 for the northern one. The northern one stood until 1928. The RCHM refers to it and to another that once existed close by on the west side "of the Rayleigh road"-is this the southern one of the C and A pair? There is a reference to Roman remains (see 5363) found in 1724 "at the windmill on a high hill near Billericay". This is usually identified as the northern mill. Could it have been the southern one? <3> <4> <5>
A map in TQ69-024 has tracing of fields from the Tithe map, the mill sites are marked. <6>
See also: <8> - <10>
Sources
- <1> SEX4 DESC TEXT: Unknown. 1960 onwards. SMR form unknown.
- <2> SEX3913 Map: 1839. Wickham St Paul Tithe Map 1839 (scale 20" = 1 mile). Tithe Award.
- <3> SEX1417 Map: Chapman, J. and Andre, P.. 1777. Map of the County of Essex (C&A map). Paper. sheet XVII.
- <4> SEX356 Monograph: RCHME. 1923. An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex, Volume IV, South-East. Vol 4, p52.
- <5> SEX287 Monograph: Morant, P.. 1768. The History and Antiquities of the County of Essex. Vol 1, p196.
- <6> SEX18486 Map: Unknown. unknown. Fields on Tithe Map for Great Burstead relevant to TQ69-24.
- <7> SEX20474 Monograph: Farries, K.. 1981-1988. Essex Windmills, Millers and Millwrights, Volumes 1 to 5.
- <8> SEX75742 Index: Royal Commission of Historic Monuments, Council for British Archaeology and the University of Bath. 1960-1975. National Record of Industrial Monuments. Recorded by RW Smith, May-1969, Record No:258414 and NRI01.
- <9> SEX75778 Collection: Various. Various. Historic England Archive. AA78/01556.
- <10> SEX75778 Collection: Various. Various. Historic England Archive. BF002071.
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Other References
- Old SMR Number: TQ69-016
- NRHE identifier: 497603
- National Monuments Record: TQ 69 SE 25