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Name:RISELEY WINDMILL (site of)
HER No.:927
Type of Record:Building

Summary

A post mill, construction date not known, demolished in 1965

Grid Reference:TL 046 625
Parish:RISELEY, BEDFORD BOROUGH, BEDFORDSHIRE
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Full Description

A post mill, date of construction not known. No mill is shown on the site on the 1796 Enclosure Map, but the Mouse survey of 1624-1628 mentions a field name of "Myllway Furlong", and the Glebe Terrier of 1702 also mentions the mill. The mill is then shown on an estate map of 1823, so it is possible that a previous mill was rebuilt in the early 19th century. The mill continued working up to 1916, was struck by lightning in 1946 and was demolished in 1965.


Bedfordshire & Luton Archives and Records Service Documents, BLARS: CRT110/34 (GY10) Mouse Survey, 1624-1628 (Unpublished document). SBD10551.

Bedfordshire & Luton Archives and Records Service Documents, BLARS: FAC35/5, Glebe Terrier, 1702 (Unpublished document). SBD10551.

Bedfordshire & Luton Archives and Records Service Documents, BLARS: MA24/3, Enclosure Map, 1796 (Unpublished document). SBD10551.

Bedfordshire & Luton Archives and Records Service Documents, BLARS: R1 68/9, Estate Map, 1823 (Unpublished document). SBD10551.

Bedfordshire Historical Record Society, Bedfordshire Historical Record Society, Vol 14, 1931, pp 31-32 (Serial). SBD10681.

Bedfordshire Magazine, Vol 1, 1947, p 89 (Bibliographic reference). SBD10543.

Bedfordshire Magazine, Vol 3, 1952, pp 301-304 (Bibliographic reference). SBD10543.

HER Photograph Archive, AA78/585 (Photograph). SBD10506.

NMR Buildings file, BF001873 (Unpublished document). SBD10795.

NMR Photographs, AA78/585, 587 (Photograph). SBD10708.

OS: TL 06, TL 06 SW M2 (Unpublished document). SBD11040.

Privately donated photos, From H Meyer (Photograph). SBD10598.

Protected Status: None recorded

Monument Type(s):

  • WINDMILL (16th Century to 19th Century - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds: None recorded

Associated Events: None recorded

Sources and Further Reading

---SBD10506 - Photograph: HER Photograph Archive. AA78/585.
---SBD10543 - Bibliographic reference: Bedfordshire Magazine. Vol 1, 1947, p 89.
---SBD10551 - Unpublished document: Bedfordshire & Luton Archives and Records Service Documents. BLARS: R1 68/9, Estate Map, 1823.
---SBD10598 - Photograph: Privately donated photos. From H Meyer.
---SBD10681 - Serial: Bedfordshire Historical Record Society. Bedfordshire Historical Record Society. Vol 14, 1931, pp 31-32.
---SBD10708 - Photograph: NMR Photographs. AA78/585, 587.
---SBD10795 - Unpublished document: NMR Buildings file. BF001873.
---SBD11040 - Unpublished document: OS: TL 06. TL 06 SW M2.

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