Monument record MCC7338 - Toyce's Mil, demolished windmill in Birch Green

Summary

Site of post mill (corn), marked on 1st edition 1:2,500 map (1874-87), demolished 1962-3.

Location

Grid reference TL 941 190 (point)
Map sheet TL91NW
Civil Parish BIRCH, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Site of post mill demolished 1962-3. <1> Post mill with the usual brick round house.<2>

Post mill. Known c.1850 as Royce's. Stood on (encroaching onto) north side of Birch Green, immediately west of Mill House on the site now occupied by Mill Lodge, a modern house. <3>

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> DESC TEXT: unknown. 1960 0nwards. SMR form unknown.
  • <2> DESC TEXT: Carter, M. 1965. Birch windmill. Vol 8, p.8.
  • <3> DESC TEXT: Farries, K. 1981-1988. Essex Windmills, Millers and Millwrights, Volumes 1 to 5.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jun 10 2016 4:50PM

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