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Mile End Farm Mill, Reed

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Mill name
  
Mile End Farm Mill

Operator(s)
  
Private

Purpose
  
Corn mill

Mill location
  
TL 359 386

Year built
  
c. 1822

Type
  
Tower mill

Mile End Farm Mill is a tower mill at Reed, Hertfordshire, England which has been truncated and converted to residential accommodation.

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History

The earliest record of Mile End Farm Mill is its appearance on Andrew Bryant's map of Hertfordshire dated 1822. The mill was working until 1890 and was truncated c. 1900. The tower was incorporated into a house in the 1970s.

Description

Mile End Farm Mill was a four storey tower mill. No details of its cap and sails, internal machinery, millstones or whether it was winded by a fantail or not are known.

Millers

  • William Giffen c. 1850-76
  • Frederick Giffen 1876-89
  • Thomas Clayden 1889-90
  • Reference for above:-

    References

    Mile End Farm Mill, Reed Wikipedia