Post-medieval remains of northern windmill, Windmill Hill, Billericay (EHER 5367)

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.

A pronounced mound with some mill remains. In a private garden. The mill collapsed in 1928. <1> C and A map shows 2 mills on either side of the road. This is the northern one (see 5366 for the southern one). The northern one still stood when the RCHM Inventory was compiled. There is a reference to Roman remains found in 1724 (see 5363) "at the windmill on a high hill near Billericay". Usually this is identified with this site. It is not clear which windmill the roman remains were found at. <2> <3> <4> A sketch plan in the SMR shows the wind mill, on the back of the SMR sheet for the Roman cemetery excavations of 1973. <5> Map in TQ69-024 has a tracing of the fields from the Tithe Map, the mill sites are marked. <6> Other ref: <7> One of two post mills which stood on Bell Hill. <8> See also: <9> - <11>