Chislet Windmill
{{Short description|Windmill in Chislet, Kent, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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|built = 1744
|purpose = Corn mill
|type = Smock mill
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Chislet windmill was a Grade II listed{{NHLE| num= 1336830| desc = CHISLET WINDMILL, BROOK LANE, HERNE BAY, CANTERBURY, KENT| access-date= 2008-04-15}} smock mill in Chislet, Kent, England. It was built in 1744 and burnt down on 15 October 2005.{{cite web| url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/4346832.stm| publisher = BBC News Online| title = Windmill collapses following fire| access-date= 15 April 2008 | date=16 October 2005}}
History
The earliest record of a mill at Chislet is from 1666.The Times, 20 October 2005 Chislet windmill was built in 1744.{{cite journal |last1=Holman |first1=Geoff |year=2010 |title=Windmills |journal=Cant Post |publisher=Kent Mills Society |issue= 1 |page=11 }} It was marked on Murdoch Mackenzie's map of 1774{{cite book | first = Jenny| last = West| year = 1973| title = The Windmills of Kent| pages = 35–36| publisher = Charles Skilton Ltd.| location = London| isbn = 0-284-98534-1}} and the 1819-43 Ordnance Survey map and subsequent maps. The mill was working until 1916, when the cap and sails blew off in a gale,{{cite book | first = William| last = Coles Finch |author-link=William Coles Finch | year = 1933| title = Watermills and Windmills|page=187| publisher = C W Daniel Company| location = London}} it is said that the fantail was tied up by the tenant of the Mill House and thus was unable to turn the mill into wind, thus leading to the mill being tailwinded. During the Second World War, Barnes Wallis lived in the Mill House, and watched the tests of the bouncing bomb at nearby Reculver from the top of the mill. The corrugated iron clad tower of the mill, with a simple roof over and retaining its major machinery stood until 15 October 2005 when it was destroyed by fire.
File:Chislet Mock Mill-geograph.org-3089432.jpg
In 2011, a replica mill was built on the site of the old mill as part of a new house.{{cite web |url=http://www.itv.com/meridian-east/new-windmill-for-kent15902/ |title=New Windmill for Kent |first=Victoria |last=Heath |date=24 August 2011 |access-date=25 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110923042647/http://www.itv.com/meridian-east/new-windmill-for-kent15902/ |archive-date=23 September 2011 |url-status=dead }}
Description
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Chislet windmill was a three-storey black smock mill on a low brick base, with four spring sails. The mill was winded by a fantail. The mill drove three pairs of millstones. The Wallower, Upright Shaft, Great Spur Wheel and two of the three Stone Nuts were wood, the third Stone Nut was iron.
Millers
- Anthony May 1765-89
- M May 1795
- Henry Collard 1847
- Jonathan Packer 1862
- John Wootton 1878
- Thomas Wooton
- John Walter Wooton - 1918
References for above:-{{cite web|url=http://www.millarchive.com/kent/millpeople/Kent%20Mill%20People.htm |publisher=The Mills Archive Trust |title=Directory of Kent Mill People |access-date=15 April 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416174906/http://www.millarchive.com/kent/millpeople/Kent%20Mill%20People.htm |archive-date=16 April 2009 }}
References
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External links
- [http://www.windmillworld.com/millid/2772.htm Windmill World page] on the mill.
{{Kent Windmills}}
Category:Grinding mills in the United Kingdom
Category:Smock mills in England
Category:Grade II listed buildings in Kent
Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1744
Category:Windmills completed in the 18th century