Essington Windmill

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Date:1926 - 1930 (c.)

Description:This photograph taken in the 1920s is almost certainly Essington Windmill, Staffordshire's only post-mill

All that remains today is the base and central post. It believed to have been built by Henry Vernon family in 1681. It had two pairs of millstones and four common sails until the 1880s. the sails, ladder and tail pole had gone by the 1930s.

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Essington Windmill

This photograph taken in the 1920s is almost certainly Essington Windmill, Staffordshire's only post-mill All ...

Essington Windmill

View of the ruined windmill at Essington. Originally built in 1681 by Henry Vernon, it was rebuilt ...

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Creators: Mr Harold Cartwright - Creator

Image courtesy of: Mrs Sylvia Blake

Donor ref:P2014.009.0015 (37/27730)

Source: Staffordshire Museum Service

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