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Alfriston Windmill
is a
tower mill
at
Alfriston
,
Sussex
,
England
which has been converted to residential accommodation.
History
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Alfriston Windmill was built in 1834. The mill was working until 1905 when a sail was damaged by a cow. The mill worked for another two years on two sails. In 1908, the mill was stripped of machinery, and had been converted into a house by 1910.
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Description
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For an explanation of the various pieces of machinery, see
Mill machinery
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Alfriston Windmill is a three-storey brick tower mill. It had four
Spring sails
and the beehive cap was winded by a
fantail
. The mill drove two pairs of underdrift
millstones
. All that remains today is the tower, with various additions and extensions.
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Millers
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- Richard Saxby, 1834
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- Daniel Sudbury, 1845
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- William Shoesmith, 1855 - 1866
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- Thomas Harvey, 1866 - 1874
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- Thomas Fennell, 1881
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- George Hewitt, 1907
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References
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- ^
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Brunnarius, Martin (1979).
The Windmills of Sussex
. Chichester: Philimore. pp. 128?129, 196.
ISBN
0-85033-345-8
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Further reading
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